Using tag attributes summary

Custom tag attribute values are passed from the calling page to the custom tag page as name-value pairs. CFML custom tags support required and optional attributes. Custom tag attributes conform to the following CFML coding standards:

• ColdFusion passes any attributes in the Attributes scope.
• Use the Attributes.attribute_name syntax when referring to passed attributes to distinguish them from custom tag page local variables.
• Attributes are case-insensitive.
• Attributes can be listed in any order within a tag.
• Attribute name-value pairs for a tag must be separated by a space in the tag invocation.
• Passed values that contain spaces must be enclosed in double-quotation marks.
• Use the cfparam tag with a default attribute at the top of a custom tag to test for and assign defaults for optional attributes that are passed from a calling page. For example:

  <!--- The value of the variable Attributes.Name comes from the calling page. 
  If 
  
  the calling page does not set it, make it "Who". --->
  <cfparam name="Attributes.Name" default="Who">
  

• Use the cfparam tag or a cfif tag with an IsDefined function at the top of a custom tag to test for required attributes that must be passed from a calling page; for example, the following code issues an abort if the user does not specify the Name attribute to the custom tag:

  <cfif not IsDefined("Attributes.Name")>
  	<cfabort showError="The Name attribute is required.">
  </cfif>
  

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