Model Glue - Setting up global variables

Unlike Fusebox there is not a global init variable setting file With MG. If you do need to set up some global vars the way i'm doing this (and seems to be the norm nearly) is:

1. Set up a cfc called /config/beans/global.cfc
2. Create an xml file at /config/beans/global.xml - (for my current site this covered about 5-8 smallstructures/arrays/values that is used through out the site)
3. In the controller add the following line -
   <cfset variables.global = GetModelGlue().GetConfigBean("global.xml") />
4. and on request start -
   <cfset arguments.event.setValue("global", variables.global) />

Now on any page to get the variable you want you can use<cfset customerTitles = viewState.getValue('global').getTitles() />
I've seen no documentation on this, but have posted to the Topica List. Sean Corfield has another method using a new controller you can find it on the Topica lists also see the GGCC examples (7/8/9) in his frameworks Pod.


For more information on Config beans in MG see :
Eat Your Beans: ConfigBeans in Model-Glue