ILU Reference Manual

(with contributions from Doug Cutting, Frank Halasz, and Farrell Wymore)

14 December 1994

Copyright (C) 1994 Xerox Corporation
All Rights Reserved.

This document describes version 1.7beta of the Inter-Language Unification (ILU) system.

• ILU Concepts
  • Introduction
  • Objects
    • Instantiation
    • Singleton Object Types
    • String Binding Handle
    • Inheritance
    • Subtype Relationships
    • Siblings
    • Garbage Collection
  • Error Signalling
  • ILU and the OMG CORBA
• The ISL Interface Language
  • General Syntax
    • Identifiers
    • Reserved Words
  • Statement Syntax
    • The Interface Header
    • Type Declarations
      • Primitive types
      • Constructor overview
      • Array Declarations
      • Sequence Declarations
      • Generalized Array Declarations
      • Record Declarations
      • Union Declarations
      • Optional Declarations
      • Enumeration Declarations
      • Object Type Declarations
    • Exception Declarations
    • Constant Declarations
      • Integer, Cardinal, and Byte Constants
      • Real Constants
      • ilu.CString Constants
      • Examples of Constants
  • ilu.isl
  • ISL Grammar
• Using ILU with Common Lisp
  • ILU Mappings to Common Lisp
    • Generating Common Lisp Surrogate and True Stubs
    • Packages & Symbols
    • Types
  • Using a Module from Common Lisp
  • Implementing a Module in Common Lisp
    • Publishing
    • Debugging
  • Dumping an image with ILU
  • The Portable DEFSYSTEM Module
  • ILU Common Lisp Lightweight Processes
• Using ILU with C++
  • Introduction
  • Mapping ILU ISL to C++
    • Names
    • Types
      • Sequence types
    • Object types
    • Exceptions
    • Constants
    • Examples
  • Using an ILU module from C++
  • Implementing an ILU Module in C++
    • Servers
    • Event dispatching
    • Publishing
  • ILU API for C++
  • Generating ILU stubs for C++
    • Tailoring C++ Names
  • Other ILU Considerations For C++
    • Libraries and Linking
    • Makefiles
• Using ILU with ANSI C
  • Introduction
  • The ISL Mapping to ANSI C
    • Names
    • Mapping Type Constructs Into ANSI C
      • Records
      • Unions
      • Floating Point Values
      • Sequences
    • Objects and Methods
      • Inheritance
      • Object Implementation
    • Exceptions
    • True Module (Server Module) Construction
    • Using ILU Modules
    • Stub Generation
    • Tailoring Identifier Names
  • Libraries and Linking
  • ILU C API
    • Type Manipulation
    • Object Manipulation
    • Server Manipulation
    • CORBA Compatibility Macros
• Using ILU with Modula-3
  • Mapping ILU ISL to Modula-3
    • Names
    • Types
    • Exceptions
    • Example
  • Importing an ILU interface in Modula-3
  • Exporting an ILU interface in Modula-3
  • ILU API for Modula-3
    • Simple Binding
  • Generating ILU stubs for Modula-3
  • Libraries and Linking
• Using ILU with Python
  • Introduction
  • The ISL Mapping to Python
    • Names
    • Interface
    • Constant
    • Exception
    • Types
      • Basic Types
      • Enumeration
      • Array
      • Sequence
      • Record
      • Union
      • Object
      • Optional
    • Methods and Parameters
  • Using an ILU module from Python
  • Implementing an ILU module in Python
    • Implementation Inheritance
    • True Servers
    • Exporting Objects
      • Holding References to Exported Objects
    • Animating Servers
    • Using Alarms
  • Using the Simple Binding Service
  • Summary of the ILU Python Runtime
  • Stub Generation
• Using OMG IDL with ILU
  • Invocation
  • Translation
    • Anonymous types
    • Topmodules mode
    • Imports mode
    • Unsupported constructs
• ILU Simple Binding
• Debugging ILU Programs
  • Registration of interfaces
  • C++ static instance initialization
  • ILU trace debugging
  • Use of islscan
  • Bug Reporting and Comments
  • Use of gdb
• Installation of ILU
  • Installing on a UNIX System
    • Prerequisites
    • Configuration
    • Building
    • Environment Variables
    • Examples
  • Bug Reporting and Comments
• Using Imake with ILU
  • Creating `Makefile's from `Imakefile's
  • ANSI C Usage
    • ANSI C ILU imake Macros
  • C++ Usage
    • C++ ILU imake Macros
  • Modula-3 Usage
    • Modula-3 ILU imake Macros
• The ILU Protocol
  • The ILU Protocol
    • Message Types
    • Parameter Types
    • ILU Transport Semantics
  • Mapping of the ILU Protocol onto the Sun RPC Protocol
    • Message Mappings
    • Mapping of Standard Types
  • Mapping of the ILU Protocol onto the Xerox Courier Protocol
    • Message Mappings -- Courier Layer 3
    • Mapping of Standard Types -- Courier Layer 2
• The TIM Documentation Language
  • TIM
  • TIM Tools
• The ILU Common Lisp Portable DEFSYSTEM Module
  • Pathname Support
• The ILU Common Lisp Lightweight Process System
  • Introduction
  • Overview Of The ILU CL Process Model
    • The Scheduler Process
    • States Of Processes
    • Removing Or Killing Processes
    • Properties Of Processes
    • Process Locks
  • Functional Overview
  • Implementation Architecture
  • General Limitations
  • How To Use The ILU CL Process Interface
  • How To Program The ILU CL Process Interface
  • The ILU CL Process Interface
    • The Process Object
    • Querying The Status Of The Scheduler And All Processes
    • Starting And Killing Processes
    • Waiting A Process
    • Activating And Deactivating Processes
    • Accessing And Modifying The Properties Of A Process
    • Miscellaneous Process/Scheduler Functions And Macros
    • Process Locks Interface
  • Handling Errors
  • Notes
  • References
• Possible ISL Name Mappings for Target Languages
  • C mapping
  • C++ mapping
  • Modula-3 mapping
• Index of Concepts
• Index of Functions, Variables, and Types