Calling Member Methods On Literals In Adobe ColdFusion 2025.0.8

This article details a new feature in Adobe ColdFusion 2025 update 8 that allows calling member methods directly on struct, array, and string literals, as well as using bracket access on method call results. It explains the historical need for intermediary variables and demonstrates chaining operations like .insert() on {} literals, .append() on [] literals, and bracket access on method results. The article also notes that member methods cannot be called on numbers due to parsing ambiguity, unlike JavaScript. Practical examples include building a collection of friends and sorting them, plus left-padding strings with zeros using .right() on string literals. The content is technical, focused on ColdFusion development.