AttributeDef

AttributeDef::describe()
AttributeDef::mode
AttributeDef::type

Synopsis:

Interface AttributeDef describes an IDL attribute. It inherits from interface Contained.

CORBA:

 // IDL 
 interface AttributeDef : Contained {
 	enum AttributeMode { NORMAL, READONLY };
 	attribute TypeCode type;
 	attribute AttributeMode mode;
 };

Notes:

CORBA defined.

AttributeDef::describe()

Synopsis:

The operation describe() is inherited from Contained(). It returns a structure of type Contained::Description:

 // IDL
 struct Description {
 	Identifier name;
 	any value;
 };

The name member of this structure contains the string "AttributeDescription". The value member is an any whose TypeCode is:

 _tc_AttributeDescription

and whose value is a structure of type:

 // IDL
 struct AttributeDescription {
 	Identifier name;
 	RepositoryId id;
 	RepositoryId defined_in;
 	TypeCode type;
 	AttributeDef::AttributeMode mode;
 };