Creates a ColdFusion object, of a specified type.

Extensibility Functions

ColdFusion 8: Added the .NET/dotnet type For web service object, added the WSDL2Java and argstruct parameters ColdFusion MX 7: For web service object: added the portName parameter, which specifies a port named in the service element of the WSDL. ColdFusion MX: Changed instantiation behavior: this function, and the cfobject tag, can instantiate ColdFusion components and web services. Executing operations on a CFC object executes CFML code that implements the CFC’s method in the CFC file. For more information, see the Developing ColdFusion Applications. For CORBA object: changed the Naming Service separator format for addresses from a dot to a forward slash. For example, if "context=NameService", for a class, use either of the following formats for the class parameter:"/Eng/CF" ".current/Eng.current/CF" (In earlier releases, the format was ".Eng.CF".) For CORBA object: changed the locale parameter; it specifies the Java config that contains the properties file. CreateObject object typesFor information about using this function, see these sections: CreateObject: .NET object CreateObject: COM object CreateObject: component object CreateObject: CORBA object CreateObject: Java or EJB object CreateObject: web service object Note: On UNIX, this function does not support COM objects.

An object, of the specified type.