ColdFusion - How to invoke a method of a component

cfinvoke and cfinvokeargument - invoke a method of a component

cfinvokeargument.cfm


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<cfinvoke 
 component="TableData" 
    method="GetTableData" 
    returnvariable="qTableData"
    >
 <cfinvokeargument name="Table" value="Employees">
    <cfinvokeargument name="Columns" value="FirstName,LastName,Email">
</cfinvoke>    
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TableData.cfc


<cfcomponent hint="Table Data Viewer">
 <cffunction name="GetTableData" access="remote" returntype="query">
        <cfargument name="Table" type="string" required="yes">
  <cfargument name="Columns" type="string" required="yes">
  <cfquery name="qTable" datasource="cfdocexamples">
         SELECT #arguments.Columns# FROM #arguments.Table#
        </cfquery>
  <cfreturn qTable>
 </cffunction>
</cfcomponent>

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