More IDL Syntax and Rules for Mapping Identifiers

Miscellaneous IDL features are discussed in the following subsections:

  • IDL constants

  • Recursive IDL types

  • Unique type identifiers—RepositoryIds

  • C++ mapped identifiers and keywords

  • Java mapped identifiers and keywords

  • Contexts

IDL Constants

The IDL syntax allows constants to be defined for basic types, enumerations, and aliases (typedefs) of basic types and enumerations. Listing 2.36 gives some examples of IDL constant definitions.

Listing 2.36. Sample IDL Constant Definitions
//IDL // Characters constants const char A_LETTER = 'p'; const char A_NEWLINE = '\n'; const char A_SINGLE_QUOTE = '\''; // Wide character constants const wchar A_WIDE_LETTER = L'q'; const wchar A_UNICODE_LETTER = L'\u039b'; // ...

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