component persistent="true" {

    property name="id" generator="native" ormtype="integer" fieldtype="id";

    property name="lastName" ormtype="string" length="255";
    property name="firstName" ormtype="string" length="255";
    property name="datePosted" ormtype="datetime";

    public void function setDatePosted(d) {
        variables.dateposted = dateFormat(arguments.d, 'mm/dd/yy');
    };

    public string function getDatePosted() {
        return variables.dateposted;
    };
}