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IDL: What is IDL?

Sep 6th, 2003 12:14
Knud van Eeden,

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--- Knud van Eeden --- 06 September 2003 - 08:49 pm ------------------

IDL: What is IDL?

[Internet: source: http://www.omg.org/docs/formal/02-06-07.pdf]

The OMG Interface Definition Language (IDL) is the language used to
describe the interfaces that client objects call and object
implementations provide.

An interface definition written in OMG IDL
completely defines the interface and fully specifies each operation's
parameters.

An OMG IDL interface provides the information needed to
develop clients that use the interface's operations.

IDL is a language-neutral Interface Definition Language.
Each language (e.g. Java, C++, ...) that supports CORBA has its own IDL
mapping.

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