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InterfaceDef::base_interfaces

InterfaceDef::describe()

InterfaceDef::describe_contents()

InterfaceDef::describe_interface()

CORBA:

 // IDL
 typedef sequence <OperationDescription> OpDescriptionSeq;
 typedef sequence <AttributeDescription> AttrDescriptionSeq;
 typedef sequence <RepositoryId> RepositoryIdSeq;
 
 interface InterfaceDef : Container, Contained {
 	attribute RepositoryIdSeq base_interfaces;
 	struct FullInterfaceDescription {
 		Identifier name;
 		RepositoryId id;
 		RepositoryId defined_in;
 		OpDescriptionSeq operations;
 		AttrDescriptionSeq attributes;
 	};
 	FullInterfaceDescription describe_interface();
 };

See Also:

 Contained
 Container

 attribute RepositoryIdSeq base_interfaces;

Notes:

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

The TypeCode of the value member is:

 _tc_InterfaceDescription

 // IDL
 struct InterfaceDescription {
 	Identifier name;
 	Repository id;
 	RepositoryId defined_in;
 };

 Contained::describe()

It returns a sequence of Container::Descripton structures, where each returned structure has the following fields:

• contained_object: the object reference, of type Contained, of one of the objects contained directly in the module or interface.
  
• name: the name of this top level contained object, for example, InterfaceDescription, ConstantDescription and so on.
  
• value: a description, of type any, of this contained object. following two members:
  

The TypeCode of the any will be a TypeCode corresponding to the type of this top level object, for example, _tc_OperationDescription

The value of the any will be a structure of the relevant type, for example, OperationDescription, ConstantDescription, and so on.

 Contained::describe()
 Container::contents()

 FullInterfaceDescription describe_interface();

This function provides a straightforward way to obtain a description of an interface's operations and attributes. However, Container::describe_contents() (or a combination of Container::contents() and Contained::describe()) must be used to get a description of its constants, typedefs and exceptions.

Notes:

See Also:

 Container::describe_contents()
 Container::contents()
 Contained::describe()