<s>
Adobe	B-Language
ColdFusion	I-Language
is	O
a	O
commercial	O
rapid	O
web-application	O
development	O
computing	O
platform	O
created	O
by	O
J	O
.	O
J	O
.	O
Allaire	O
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
The	O
programming	O
language	O
used	O
with	O
that	O
platform	O
is	O
also	O
commonly	O
called	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
,	O
though	O
is	O
more	O
accurately	O
known	O
as	O
CFML	B-Language
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
was	O
originally	O
designed	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
easier	O
to	O
connect	O
simple	O
HTML	B-Language
pages	O
to	O
a	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
version	O
2	O
(	O
1996	O
)	O
it	O
had	O
become	O
a	O
full	O
platform	O
that	O
included	O
an	O
IDE	B-Application
in	O
addition	O
to	O
a	O
full	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
distinguishing	O
features	O
of	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
is	O
its	O
associated	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
Markup	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
CFML	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CFML	B-Language
compares	O
to	O
the	O
scripting	O
components	O
of	O
ASP	B-General_Concept
,	O
JSP	B-Language
,	O
and	O
PHP	B-Application
in	O
purpose	O
and	O
features	O
,	O
but	O
its	O
tag	O
syntax	O
more	O
closely	O
resembles	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
while	O
its	O
script	O
syntax	O
resembles	O
JavaScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
is	O
often	O
used	O
synonymously	O
with	O
CFML	B-Language
,	O
but	O
there	O
are	O
additional	O
CFML	B-Language
application	B-Application
servers	I-Application
besides	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
,	O
and	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
supports	O
programming	O
languages	O
other	O
than	O
CFML	B-Language
,	O
such	O
as	O
server-side	O
Actionscript	B-Operating_System
and	O
embedded	O
scripts	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
written	O
in	O
a	O
JavaScript-like	O
language	O
known	O
as	O
CFScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
a	O
product	O
of	O
Allaire	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
2	O
,	O
1995	O
,	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
was	O
developed	O
by	O
brothers	O
Joseph	O
J	O
.	O
Allaire	O
and	O
Jeremy	O
Allaire	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
is	O
most	O
often	O
used	O
for	O
data-driven	O
websites	O
or	O
intranets	B-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
generate	O
remote	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
REST	O
services	O
,	O
WebSockets	B-Protocol
,	O
SOAP	B-Protocol
web	O
services	O
or	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
remoting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
especially	O
well-suited	O
as	O
the	O
server-side	O
technology	O
to	O
the	O
client-side	O
ajax	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
can	O
also	O
handle	O
asynchronous	O
events	O
such	O
as	O
SMS	O
and	O
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
via	O
its	O
gateway	B-Application
interface	O
,	O
available	O
in	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
MX	I-Language
7	O
Enterprise	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
provides	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
additional	O
features	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
implementations	O
of	O
CFML	B-Language
offer	O
similar	O
or	O
enhanced	O
functionality	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
running	O
in	O
a	O
.NET	B-Application
environment	O
or	O
image	O
manipulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
engine	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
C	O
and	O
featured	O
,	O
among	O
other	O
things	O
,	O
a	O
built-in	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
(	O
CFScript	B-Language
)	O
,	O
plugin	O
modules	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Device
,	O
and	O
a	O
syntax	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
HTML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
equivalent	O
to	O
an	O
HTML	B-Language
element	O
,	O
a	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
tag	O
begins	O
with	O
the	O
letters	O
"	O
CF	O
"	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
name	O
that	O
is	O
indicative	O
of	O
what	O
the	O
tag	O
is	O
interpreted	O
to	O
,	O
in	O
HTML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
CFScript	B-Language
and	O
plugins	O
(	O
as	O
described	O
)	O
,	O
CFStudio	O
provided	O
a	O
design	O
platform	O
with	O
a	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
,	O
CFStudio	O
also	O
supports	O
syntax	O
in	O
other	O
languages	O
popular	O
for	O
backend	O
programming	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Perl	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
making	O
backend	O
functionality	O
easily	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
non-programmer	O
,	O
(	O
version	O
4.0	O
and	O
forward	O
in	O
particular	O
)	O
integrated	O
easily	O
with	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Server	I-Application
and	O
with	O
Internet	B-Application
Information	I-Application
Services	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
versions	O
of	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
prior	O
to	O
6.0	O
were	O
written	O
using	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
C++	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
meant	O
that	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
was	O
largely	O
limited	O
to	O
running	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
although	O
Allaire	O
did	O
successfully	O
port	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
to	O
Sun	B-Application
Solaris	I-Application
starting	O
with	O
version	O
3.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
MX	I-Language
6.0	O
,	O
the	O
engine	O
had	O
been	O
re-written	O
in	O
Java	B-Device
and	O
supported	O
its	O
own	O
runtime	O
environment	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
easily	O
replaced	O
through	O
its	O
configuration	O
options	O
with	O
the	O
runtime	O
environment	O
from	O
Sun	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
6.1	O
included	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
code	O
and	O
debug	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
3.1	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
Jan	O
1998	O
,	O
added	O
RDS	O
support	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
port	O
to	O
the	O
Sun	B-Application
Solaris	I-Application
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
,	O
while	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
studio	O
gained	O
a	O
live	O
page	O
preview	O
and	O
HTML	B-Language
syntax	I-Language
checker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
Nov	O
1998	O
,	O
version	O
4	O
is	O
when	O
the	O
name	O
was	O
changed	O
from	O
"	O
Cold	O
Fusion	O
"	O
to	O
"	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
"	O
-	O
possibly	O
to	O
distinguish	O
it	O
from	O
Cold	O
fusion	O
theory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
also	O
added	O
the	O
initial	O
implementation	O
of	O
cfscript	B-Language
,	O
support	O
for	O
locking	O
(	O
cflock	O
)	O
,	O
transactions	O
(	O
cftransaction	O
)	O
,	O
hierarchical	O
exception	O
handling	O
(	O
cftry/cfcatch	O
)	O
,	O
sandbox	O
security	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
many	O
new	O
tags	O
and	O
functions	O
,	O
including	O
cfstoredproc	O
,	O
cfcache	O
,	O
cfswitch	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
4.5	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
Nov	O
1999	O
,	O
expanded	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
access	O
external	O
system	O
resources	O
,	O
including	O
COM	O
and	O
CORBA	O
,	O
and	O
added	O
initial	O
support	O
for	O
Java	B-Device
integration	O
(	O
including	O
EJB	O
's	O
,	O
Pojo	O
's	O
,	O
servlets	O
,	O
and	O
Java	B-Device
CFX	O
's	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
2000	O
,	O
Edwin	O
Smith	O
,	O
an	O
Allaire	O
architect	O
on	O
JRun	B-Protocol
and	O
later	O
the	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
,	O
Tom	O
Harwood	O
and	O
Clement	O
Wong	O
initiated	O
a	O
project	O
codenamed	O
"	O
Neo	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
project	O
was	O
later	O
revealed	O
as	O
a	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
Server	O
re-written	O
completely	O
using	O
Java	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
made	O
portability	O
easier	O
and	O
provided	O
a	O
layer	O
of	O
security	O
on	O
the	O
server	O
,	O
because	O
it	O
ran	O
inside	O
a	O
Java	B-Device
Runtime	O
Environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2002	O
Macromedia	O
released	O
the	O
version	O
6.0	O
product	O
under	O
a	O
slightly	O
different	O
name	O
,	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
MX	I-Language
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
product	O
to	O
be	O
associated	O
with	O
both	O
the	O
Macromedia	O
brand	O
and	O
its	O
original	O
branding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
MX	I-Language
was	O
completely	O
rebuilt	O
from	O
the	O
ground	O
up	O
and	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
MX	I-Language
was	O
also	O
designed	O
to	O
integrate	O
well	O
with	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
using	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Remoting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
MX	I-Language
,	O
the	O
CFML	B-Language
language	O
API	O
was	O
released	O
with	O
an	O
OOP	B-Language
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
7.0	O
on	O
February	O
7	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
the	O
naming	O
convention	O
was	O
amended	O
,	O
rendering	O
the	O
product	O
name	O
"	O
Macromedia	B-Language
ColdFusion	I-Language
MX	I-Language
7	O
"	O
(	O
the	O
codename	O
for	O
CFMX7	O
was	O
"	O
Blackstone	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CFMX	O
7	O
added	O
Flash-based	O
and	O
XForms-based	O
web	B-Application
forms	I-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
report	O
builder	O
that	O
output	O
in	O
Adobe	B-Application
PDF	I-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
FlashPaper	B-Application
,	O
RTF	O
and	O
Excel	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Adobe	B-Application
PDF	I-Application
output	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
wrapper	O
to	O
any	O
HTML	B-Language
page	O
,	O
converting	O
that	O
page	O
to	O
a	O
quality	O
printable	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
enterprise	O
edition	O
also	O
added	O
Gateways	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
provide	O
interaction	O
with	O
non-HTTP	O
request	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
IM	O
Services	O
,	O
SMS	O
,	O
Directory	O
Watchers	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
asynchronous	O
execution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XML	B-Protocol
support	O
was	O
boosted	O
in	O
this	O
version	O
to	O
include	O
native	O
schema	O
checking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
MX	I-Language
7.0.1	O
(	O
codename	O
"	O
Merrimack	O
"	O
)	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
,	O
improvements	O
to	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
forms	O
,	O
RTF	O
support	O
for	O
CFReport	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
CFCPRoxy	O
feature	O
for	O
Java/CFC	O
integration	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
MX	I-Language
7.0.2	O
(	O
codenamed	O
"	O
Mystic	O
"	O
)	O
included	O
advanced	O
features	O
for	O
working	O
with	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flex	I-Operating_System
2	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
more	O
improvements	O
for	O
the	O
CF	O
Report	O
Builder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
30	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
released	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
8	O
,	O
dropping	O
"	O
MX	O
"	O
from	O
its	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
beta	O
testing	O
the	O
codename	O
used	O
was	O
"	O
Scorpio	O
"	O
(	O
the	O
eighth	O
sign	O
of	O
the	O
zodiac	O
and	O
the	O
eighth	O
iteration	O
of	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
as	O
a	O
commercial	O
product	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
development	O
team	O
consisted	O
of	O
developers	O
based	O
in	O
Newton/Boston	O
,	O
Massachusetts	O
and	O
offshore	O
in	O
Bangalore	O
,	O
India	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
features	O
are	O
the	O
CFPDFFORM	O
tag	O
,	O
which	O
enables	O
integration	O
with	O
Adobe	B-Application
Acrobat	I-Application
forms	O
,	O
some	O
image	O
manipulation	O
functions	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
.NET	B-Application
integration	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
CFPRESENTATION	O
tag	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
dynamic	O
presentations	O
using	O
Adobe	B-Protocol
Acrobat	I-Protocol
Connect	I-Protocol
,	O
the	O
Web-based	O
collaboration	O
solution	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Macromedia	B-Protocol
Breeze	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
Administrator	O
for	O
the	O
Enterprise	O
version	O
ships	O
with	O
built-in	O
server	O
monitoring	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
8	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
several	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
including	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
additions	O
to	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
8	O
are	O
built-in	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
widgets	O
,	O
file	O
archive	O
manipulation	O
(	O
CFZIP	O
)	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Exchange	I-Operating_System
server	I-Operating_System
integration	O
(	O
CFEXCHANGE	O
)	O
,	O
image	O
manipulation	O
including	O
automatic	O
CAPTCHA	O
generation	O
(	O
CFIMAGE	O
)	O
,	O
multi-threading	O
,	O
per-application	O
settings	O
,	O
Atom	B-Application
and	O
RSS	O
feeds	O
,	O
reporting	O
enhancements	O
,	O
stronger	O
encryption	O
libraries	O
,	O
array	O
and	O
structure	O
improvements	O
,	O
improved	O
database	O
interaction	O
,	O
extensive	O
performance	O
improvements	O
,	O
PDF	B-Application
manipulation	O
and	O
merging	O
capabilities	O
(	O
CFPDF	O
)	O
,	O
interactive	O
debugging	O
,	O
embedded	O
database	O
support	O
with	O
Apache	B-Language
Derby	I-Language
,	O
and	O
a	O
more	O
ECMAScript	B-Language
compliant	O
CFSCRIPT	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
development	O
of	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
applications	O
,	O
several	O
tools	O
are	O
available	O
:	O
primarily	O
Adobe	B-Language
Dreamweaver	I-Language
CS4	O
,	O
Macromedia	B-Application
HomeSite	I-Application
5.x	O
,	O
CFEclipse	O
,	O
Eclipse	B-Application
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Tag	O
updaters	O
"	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
these	O
applications	O
to	O
update	O
their	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
new	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
8	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
9	O
(	O
Codenamed	O
:	O
Centaur	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
5	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ability	O
to	O
code	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
Components	O
(	O
CFCs	O
)	O
entirely	O
in	O
CFScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Object-relational	B-General_Concept
mapping	I-General_Concept
(	O
ORM	O
)	O
Database	O
integration	O
through	O
Hibernate	B-Library
(	O
Java	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tighter	O
integration	O
with	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flex	I-Operating_System
and	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
AIR	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Integration	O
with	O
key	O
Microsoft	O
products	O
including	O
Word	O
,	O
Excel	B-Application
,	O
SharePoint	O
,	O
Exchange	O
,	O
and	O
PowerPoint	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
10	O
(	O
Codenamed	O
:	O
Zeus	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
15	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
new	O
or	O
improved	O
features	O
in	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
Enterprise	O
or	O
Developer	O
editions	O
include	O
(	O
but	O
are	O
not	O
limited	O
to	O
)	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
commonly	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
next	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
X	O
"	O
in	O
blogs	O
,	O
on	O
Twitter	O
,	O
etc.	O
,	O
before	O
Adobe	O
finally	O
confirmed	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
"	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
10	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
much	O
of	O
2010	O
,	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
Product	O
Manager	O
Adam	O
Lehman	O
toured	O
the	O
US	O
setting	O
up	O
countless	O
meetings	O
with	O
customers	O
,	O
developers	O
,	O
and	O
user	O
groups	O
to	O
formulate	O
a	O
master	O
blueprint	O
for	O
the	O
next	O
feature	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
public	O
beta	O
of	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
10	O
was	O
released	O
via	O
Adobe	O
Labs	O
on	O
17	O
February	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
11	O
(	O
Codenamed	O
:	O
Splendor	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
29	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
11	O
also	O
removed	O
many	O
features	O
previously	O
identified	O
simply	O
as	O
"	O
deprecated	O
"	O
or	O
no	O
longer	O
supported	O
in	O
earlier	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	B-Language
ColdFusion	I-Language
(	O
2016	O
release	O
)	O
,	O
Codenamed	O
:	O
Raijin	O
(	O
and	O
also	O
known	O
generically	O
as	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
2016	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
February	O
16	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	B-Language
ColdFusion	I-Language
(	O
2018	O
release	O
)	O
,	O
known	O
generically	O
as	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
2018	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
12	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
2018	O
was	O
codenamed	O
Aether	O
during	O
prerelease	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
July	O
2020	O
,	O
Adobe	O
had	O
released	O
10	O
updates	O
for	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	B-Language
ColdFusion	I-Language
(	O
2021	O
Release	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Nov	O
11th	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
2021	O
was	O
code	O
named	O
Project	O
Stratus	O
during	O
pre-release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
announced	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
2023	O
(	O
Fortuna	O
)	O
is	O
expected	O
to	O
release	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
half	O
of	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Alpha	O
release	O
of	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
2023	O
is	O
ready	O
for	O
testing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
for	O
the	O
2020	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
features	O
anticipated	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
(	O
in	O
2017	O
)	O
were	O
configurability	O
(	O
modularity	O
)	O
of	O
CF	O
application	O
services	O
,	O
revamped	O
scripting	O
and	O
object-oriented	B-Language
support	O
,	O
and	O
further	O
enhancements	O
to	O
the	O
API	O
Manager	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
can	O
generate	O
PDF	B-Application
documents	I-Application
using	O
standard	O
HTML	B-Language
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
CFML	B-Language
authors	O
place	O
HTML	B-Language
and	O
CSS	O
within	O
a	O
pair	O
of	O
cfdocument	O
tags	O
(	O
or	O
new	O
in	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
11	O
,	O
cfhtmltopdf	O
tags	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
8	O
introduced	O
also	O
the	O
cfpdf	O
tag	O
to	O
allow	O
for	O
control	O
over	O
PDF	B-Application
documents	I-Application
including	O
PDF	B-Application
forms	O
,	O
and	O
merging	O
of	O
PDFs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
tags	O
however	O
do	O
not	O
use	O
Adobe	O
's	O
PDF	B-Application
engine	O
but	O
cfdocument	O
uses	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
the	O
commercial	O
JPedal	O
Java	B-Device
PDF	B-Application
library	O
and	O
the	O
free	O
and	O
open	O
source	O
Java	B-Device
library	O
iText	B-Application
,	O
and	O
cfhtmltopdf	O
uses	O
an	O
embedded	O
WebKit	B-Language
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
was	O
originally	O
not	O
an	O
object-oriented	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
like	O
PHP	B-Application
versions	O
3	O
and	O
below	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
falls	O
into	O
the	O
category	O
of	O
OO	O
languages	O
that	O
do	O
not	O
support	O
multiple	B-Application
inheritance	I-Application
(	O
along	O
with	O
Java	B-Device
,	O
Smalltalk	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
MX	O
release	O
(	O
6+	O
)	O
,	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
introduced	O
basic	O
OO	O
functionality	O
with	O
the	O
component	O
language	O
construct	O
which	O
resembles	O
classes	O
in	O
OO	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
component	O
may	O
also	O
extend	O
another	O
(	O
Inheritance	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Components	O
only	O
support	O
single	O
inheritance	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
8	O
,	O
Java-style	O
interfaces	B-Application
are	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
components	O
use	O
the	O
file	O
extension	O
cfc	O
to	O
differentiate	O
them	O
from	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
templates	O
(	O
.cfm	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
automatically	O
generates	O
a	O
WSDL	O
at	O
the	O
URL	O
for	O
the	O
component	O
in	O
this	O
manner	O
:	O
http://path/to/components/Component.cfc?wsdl	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aside	O
from	O
SOAP	B-Protocol
,	O
the	O
services	O
are	O
offered	O
in	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Remoting	O
binary	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Methods	O
which	O
are	O
declared	O
remote	O
may	O
also	O
be	O
invoked	O
via	O
an	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
GET	O
or	O
POST	O
request	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
type	O
of	O
invocation	O
is	O
well-suited	O
for	O
Ajax-enabled	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
8	O
introduced	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
serialize	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
data	O
structures	O
to	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
for	O
consumption	O
on	O
the	O
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
server	O
will	O
automatically	O
generate	O
documentation	O
for	O
a	O
component	O
if	O
you	O
navigate	O
to	O
its	O
URL	O
and	O
insert	O
the	O
appropriate	O
code	O
within	O
the	O
component	O
's	O
declarations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
an	O
application	O
of	O
component	O
introspection	O
,	O
available	O
to	O
developers	O
of	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
developer	O
can	O
view	O
the	O
documentation	O
for	O
all	O
components	O
known	O
to	O
the	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
server	O
by	O
navigating	O
to	O
the	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
URL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
interface	O
resembles	O
the	O
Javadoc	B-Language
HTML	B-Language
documentation	O
for	O
Java	B-Device
classes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
provides	O
several	O
ways	O
to	O
implement	O
custom	O
markup	O
language	O
tags	O
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
those	O
not	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
core	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
especially	O
useful	O
for	O
providing	O
a	O
familiar	O
interface	O
for	O
web	O
designers	O
and	O
content	O
authors	O
familiar	O
with	O
HTML	B-Language
but	O
not	O
imperative	B-Application
programming	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
traditional	O
and	O
most	O
common	O
way	O
is	O
using	O
CFML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
standard	O
CFML	B-Language
page	O
can	O
be	O
interpreted	O
as	O
a	O
tag	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
tag	O
name	O
corresponding	O
to	O
the	O
file	O
name	O
prefixed	O
with	O
"	O
cf_	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CFML	B-Language
pages	O
are	O
accessible	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
directory	O
as	O
the	O
calling	O
page	O
,	O
via	O
a	O
special	O
directory	O
in	O
the	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
web	O
application	O
,	O
or	O
via	O
a	O
CFIMPORT	O
tag	O
in	O
the	O
calling	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
second	O
way	O
is	O
the	O
developments	O
of	O
CFX	O
tags	O
using	O
Java	B-Device
or	O
C++	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tags	O
are	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
runtime	O
environment	O
using	O
the	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
administrator	O
,	O
where	O
JAR	O
or	O
DLL	O
files	O
are	O
registered	O
as	O
custom	O
tags	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finally	O
,	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
supports	O
JSP	B-Language
tag	O
libraries	O
from	O
the	O
JSP	B-Language
2.0	O
language	O
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JSP	B-Language
tags	O
are	O
included	O
in	O
CFML	B-Language
pages	O
using	O
the	O
CFIMPORT	O
tag	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
standard	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
installation	O
allows	O
the	O
deployment	O
of	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
as	O
a	O
WAR	B-Language
file	I-Language
or	O
EAR	B-Language
file	I-Language
for	O
deployment	O
to	O
standalone	O
application	B-Application
servers	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
Macromedia	B-Protocol
JRun	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
IBM	B-Language
WebSphere	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
can	O
also	O
be	O
deployed	O
to	O
servlet	O
containers	O
such	O
as	O
Apache	B-Language
Tomcat	I-Language
and	O
Mortbay	B-Language
Jetty	I-Language
,	O
but	O
because	O
these	O
platforms	O
do	O
not	O
officially	O
support	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
,	O
they	O
leave	O
many	O
of	O
its	O
features	O
inaccessible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
10	O
Macromedia	B-Protocol
JRun	I-Protocol
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
Apache	B-Language
Tomcat	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
is	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
application	O
,	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
code	O
can	O
be	O
mixed	O
with	O
Java	B-Device
classes	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
applications	O
and	O
use	O
existing	O
Java	B-Device
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
has	O
access	O
to	O
all	O
underlying	O
Java	B-Device
classes	O
,	O
supports	O
JSP	B-Language
custom	O
tag	O
libraries	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
access	O
JSP	B-Language
functions	O
after	O
retrieving	O
the	O
JSP	B-Language
page	O
context	O
(GetPageContext( )	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
7.0.1	O
,	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
components	O
could	O
only	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
Java	B-Device
or	O
.NET	B-Application
by	O
declaring	O
them	O
as	O
web	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
beginning	O
in	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
MX	I-Language
7.0.1	O
,	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
components	O
can	O
now	O
be	O
used	O
directly	O
within	O
Java	B-Device
classes	O
using	O
the	O
CFCProxy	O
class	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recently	O
,	O
there	O
has	O
been	O
much	O
interest	O
in	O
Java	B-Device
development	O
using	O
alternate	O
languages	O
such	O
as	O
Jython	B-Language
,	O
Groovy	B-Application
and	O
JRuby	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
scripting	O
platforms	O
to	O
allow	O
this	O
style	O
of	O
Java	B-Device
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
8	O
natively	O
supports	O
.NET	B-Application
within	O
the	O
CFML	B-Language
syntax	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
developers	O
can	O
simply	O
call	O
any	O
.NET	B-Application
assembly	O
without	O
needing	O
to	O
recompile	O
or	O
alter	O
the	O
assemblies	O
in	O
any	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
types	O
are	O
automatically	O
translated	O
between	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
and	O
.NET	B-Application
(	O
example	O
:	O
.NET	B-Application
DataTable	O
→	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
Query	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
unique	O
feature	O
for	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
vendor	O
,	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
8	O
offers	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
access	O
.NET	B-Application
Assemblies	O
remotely	O
through	O
proxy	O
(	O
without	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
.NET	B-General_Concept
Remoting	I-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
users	O
to	O
leverage	O
.NET	B-Application
without	O
having	O
to	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
acronym	O
for	O
the	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
Markup	I-Language
Language	I-Language
is	O
CFML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
templates	O
are	O
saved	O
to	O
disk	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
traditionally	O
given	O
the	O
extension	O
.cfm	O
or	O
.cfml	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
.cfc	O
extension	O
is	O
used	O
for	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
Components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
talking	O
about	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
,	O
most	O
users	O
use	O
the	O
acronym	O
CF	O
and	O
this	O
is	O
used	O
for	O
numerous	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
resources	O
such	O
as	O
user	O
groups	O
(	O
CFUGs	O
)	O
and	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CFMX	O
is	O
the	O
common	O
abbreviation	O
for	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
versions	O
6	O
and	O
7	O
(	O
a.k.a.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
MX	I-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColdFusion	B-Language
originated	O
as	O
proprietary	O
technology	O
based	O
on	O
Web	O
technology	O
industry	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lucee	B-Language
-	O
Free	O
,	O
open	O
source	O
CFML	B-Language
engine	O
forked	O
from	O
Railo	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lucee	B-Language
's	O
aim	O
is	O
to	O
provide	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
CFML	B-Language
using	O
less	O
resources	O
and	O
giving	O
better	O
performance	O
and	O
to	O
move	O
CFML	B-Language
past	O
its	O
roots	O
and	O
into	O
a	O
modern	O
and	O
dynamic	O
web	O
programming	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lucee	B-Language
is	O
backed	O
by	O
community	O
supporters	O
and	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Lucee	B-Language
Association	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BlueDragon	B-Language
-	O
Proprietary	O
.NET-based	O
CFML	B-Language
engine	O
and	O
free	O
open	O
source	O
Java-based	O
CFML	B-Language
engine	O
(	O
Open	B-Language
BlueDragon	I-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenBD	B-Language
-	O
The	O
open	O
source	O
version	O
of	O
BlueDragon	B-Language
was	O
released	O
as	O
Open	B-Language
BlueDragon	I-Language
(	O
OpenBD	B-Language
)	O
in	O
December	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Railo	B-Language
-	O
Free	O
,	O
open	O
source	O
CFML	B-Language
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
argument	O
can	O
be	O
made	O
that	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
is	O
even	O
less	O
platform-bound	O
than	O
raw	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
or	O
.NET	B-Application
,	O
simply	O
because	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
will	O
run	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
a	O
.NET	B-Application
app	B-Application
server	I-Application
(	O
New	O
Atlanta	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
any	O
servlet	O
container	O
or	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
application	B-Application
server	I-Application
(	O
JRun	B-Protocol
,	O
WebSphere	B-Language
,	O
JBoss	B-Language
,	O
Geronimo	B-Language
,	O
Tomcat	B-Language
,	O
Resin	B-Language
Server	I-Language
,	O
Jetty	B-Language
(	O
web	O
server	O
)	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
theory	O
,	O
a	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
application	O
could	O
be	O
moved	O
unchanged	O
from	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
application	B-Application
server	I-Application
to	O
a	O
.NET	B-Application
application	B-Application
server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2013	O
,	O
a	O
known	O
issue	O
affecting	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
8	O
,	O
9	O
and	O
10	O
left	O
the	O
National	O
Vulnerability	O
Database	O
open	O
to	O
attack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2013	O
,	O
a	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
vulnerability	O
was	O
blamed	O
by	O
Linode	B-General_Concept
for	O
an	O
intrusion	O
into	O
the	O
Linode	B-General_Concept
Manager	O
control	O
panel	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2013	O
,	O
Adobe	O
identified	O
another	O
critical	O
vulnerability	O
,	O
reportedly	O
already	O
being	O
exploited	O
in	O
the	O
wild	O
,	O
which	O
targets	O
all	O
recent	O
versions	O
of	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
on	O
any	O
servers	O
where	O
the	O
web-based	O
administrator	O
and	O
API	O
have	O
not	O
been	O
locked	O
down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
in	O
Adobe	B-Language
ColdFusion	I-Language
10	O
before	O
Update	O
16	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
11	O
before	O
Update	O
5	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
that	O
allowed	O
remote	O
attackers	O
to	O
inject	O
arbitrary	O
web	O
script	O
or	O
HTML	B-Language
;	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
exploitable	O
only	O
by	O
users	O
who	O
have	O
authenticated	O
through	O
the	O
administration	O
panel	O
.	O
</s>
