Ajax
From ADF Docs
Overview
The core framework of the ADF was designed specifically to be easily accessible via ColdFusion
<cfset foo = application.ADF.ceData.getCEData("test")>)
and through Ajax
jQuery.get("#application.ADF.ajaxProxy#", {bean: "ceData", method: "getCEData",
customElementName: "test" }, function(){ doSomething(); } );
To learn more about how you can use Ajax calls in any code in conjunction with the ADF see Ajax Proxy