ColdFusion Application.cfc - order of execution

Question

I need a reality check - and hopefully an explanation (if my reality is wrong).

The way the CF application framework evaluates things is this (my understanding) - re

Answer 1

Anything in the this scope inside an Application.cfc file becomes an application varialbe and is only created ONCE per application life cycle. After the application starts, there is no other user for this within Application.cfc.

The first time a CF application is run, the contents of onApplicationStart() are run before onRequest/Start/End (with the exception of the "new in CF10" onServerStart()).

Any application variables set anywhere in the application exist until the application is stopped.

Your code from #3 should just be

if ( !structKeyExists( application, "myvar" ) { application.myvar = foo; }

then reference application.myvar wherever you need it.

From your description, nothing needs to be added to the this scope, it just needs to be put in the application scope.