8.1 IDL

IDL	Java

module	package

interface (non-abstract)	signature interface, helper class, holder class, operations interface

interface (abstract)	signature interface, helper class, holder class

long, unsigned long	int

long long, unsigned long long	long

short, unsigned short	short

octet	byte

char, wchar	char

float	float

double	double

boolean	boolean

string, wstring	java.lang.String

sequence, array	array

type declarations within interfaces	package

enum, struct, union	class

exception	class

typedef	helper classes

Any	org.omg.CORBA.Any

<..Copy.idl ..>

module CopyModule {
    interface Copy {
      const unsigned short SIZE=4;
      typedef long array[SIZE];
      void copy(out array a, in array b);
    };
};

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<..array at servant ..>

public void copy( CopyModule.CopyPackage.arrayHolder a,
                                                  int b[] ) {
   a.value = new int[CopyModule.Copy.SIZE];
   for(int i=0; i<CopyModule.Copy.SIZE; i++) {
       a.value[i] = b[i];
} }

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<..array at client ..>

corbaObj = nameService.resolve_str( "Copy" );
Copy stub = CopyHelper.narrow( corbaObj );

CopyModule.CopyPackage.arrayHolder a =
   new CopyModule.CopyPackage.arrayHolder();
int b[] = {1, 2, 3, 4};    // CopyModule.Copy.SIZE = 4

stub.copy(a, b);
for(int i=0;i<a.value.length;i++) {
   System.out.println(a.value[i]);
}

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