CF Component Template - A Work in Progress...

I'm constantly looking for ways to make my life as a developer easier and I really should stop being surprised when I talk to my 'peers' and find out that instead of using templates or reusable code that they prefer to hack out the same code over and over and over and over... well you get the point.

So I've been using a basic template for components for the past year or so and I figured I would put it up here to help encourage lazy coding =).

<!---
   PURPOSE:
   REQUIREMENTS:
   CREATED BY: RICHARD A HOSKA (developer email address)
   DATE: /2007
   TASK ORDER:
   COPYRIGHT: 2007
   REPOSITORY:
   TO DO:
--->

<!---
   any comment blocks in lowercase should be removed or replaced, they are simply here
   to give information on settings to be held in component
--->

<!---   
       display name: friendly name for the cfc
       output: defaults to yes to allow for html output for debugging purposes
       hint: friendly description of what the cfc does
--->
<cfcomponent displayname="" output="yes" hint="">

   <!--- what does it do
       ACCESS: - type of function (secure, remote, private, public)
       ACCEPT: parameters that are accepted
       REQUIRED: parameters that are required
       RETURN: what is returned
                   IF AN ERROR OCCURS, RETURNS A STRING WITH DEBUGGING INFORMATION
       --->
   <cffunction name=""
       access=""
       returntype="any"
       output="true"
       displayname="" hint="">
     
       <!--- DEFINE ARGUMENTS --->
       <cfargument name="" type="" required="" default="" displayname="" hint="">
     
       <!--- DEFINE VARS USED EXCLUSIVLY BY THIS FUNCTION --->
       <cfset var returnVariable = "">
       <cfset var errorMessage = "">
       <cfset var debug = FALSE>
     
       <!--- DEBUGGING INFORMATION --->
       <cfif debug>
           <cfdump label="name of function Arguments:" var="#arguments#">
       </cfif>
     
     
       <!--- DATA VALIDATION --->
     
       <!--- IF THERE WERE NO ERRORS --->
       <cfif errorMessage EQ "">
     
           <cftry>
               <!--- DO WHAT EVER --->
             
               <!--- SET RETURN VARIABLE --->
               <cfset returnVariable = >

               <cfcatch type="any">
                   <cfset errorMessage = #cfcatch.Message# & #cfcatch.Detail#>
               </cfcatch>
           </cftry>
         
       </cfif>
     
       <!--- IF AN ERROR MESSAGE HAS BEEN GENERATED, PLACE IT IN THE RETURN VARIABLE --->
       <cfif errorMessage NEQ "">
           <cfset returnVariable = errorMessage>
       </cfif>
     
       <!--- RETURN RETURN VARIABLE --->
       <cfreturn returnVariable>
             
       <!--- DEBUGGING INFORMATION --->
       <cfif debug>
           <cfdump label="setAlert returnVariable:" var="#returnVariable#">
       </cfif>
   </cffunction>
</cfcomponent>