New and changed functions in ColdFusion (2021 release)

This page lists all the new and changed functions in ColdFusion (2021 release).

• Identity/Not Identity Operator
• Immediately Invoked Function Expression
  
• Dynamic switch case
• Rest and spread operators
• Struct and array destructuring
• Iterator support
• Static Blocks, Variables and functions support for CFComponent
  
• Label Support for loops with Break and Continue
• Java interfaces by CFComponent
• Writing Java code directly in CFM or CFC
  
• SaveContent in script syntax
  
• Case sensitive structs
• Strings as collections: Strings are treated as array of characters in these new String functions.
  
  • StringSort
  • StringSome
  • StringReduce
  • StringMap
  • StringFilter
  • StringEvery
• StringEach
• New encryption methods:
  • GenerateBCryptHash
    
  • GenerateSCryptHash
    
  • VerifyBCryptHash
    
  • VerifySCryptHash
    
• Property shorthand
  
• New struct function- StructIsCaseSensitive
• New struct types- StructNew
• New Array Methods
  
  • ArrayPush
    
  • ArrayPop
    
  • ArrayShift
    
  • ArrayUnShift
    
• New ReduceRight methods:
  • ArrayReduceRight
  • StringReduceRight
  • ListReduceRight
• Application.cfc flags
• Time zone functions- change in DateFormat mask.
• Support Base64Url encoding for BinaryEncode & BinaryDecode
  
• Support for authenticated encryption in EncryptBinary and DecryptBinary
• Support for authenticated encryption in Encrypt and Decrypt
  
• CallBack support- Replace and ReplaceNoCase
• Immutable Query with QueryFilter
• Sort Member functions accept compare/compareNocase as callback
• Component using associative array notation
  
• Time zone functions
  • GetTimeZone    
  • SetTimeZone
  • ClearTimeZone
• New member functions
  • Any.toJSON()
  • arrayObj.containsNoCase()