any(3erl)
NAME
any - the corba any type
DESCRIPTION
This module contains functions that gives an interface to the CORBA any
type.
Note that the any interface in orber does not contain a destroy
function because the any type is represented as an Erlang record and
therefor will be removed by the garbage collector when not in use.
The type TC used below describes an IDL type and is a tuple according
to the to the Erlang language mapping.
The type Any used below is defined as:
-record(any, {typecode, value}).
where typecode is a TC tuple and value is an Erlang term of the type
defined by the typecode field.
EXPORTS
create() -> Result
create(Typecode, Value) -> Result
Types:
Typecode = TC
Value = term()
Result = Any
The create/0 function creates an empty any record and the
create/2 function creates an initialized record.
set_typecode(A, Typecode) -> Result
Types:
A = Any
Typecode = TC
Result = Any
This function sets the typecode of A and returns a new any
record.
get_typecode(A) -> Result
Types:
A = Any
Result = TC
This function returns the typecode of A.
set_value(A, Value) -> Result
Types:
A = Any
Value = term()
Result = Any
This function sets the value of A and returns a new any record.
get_value(A) -> Result
Types:
A = Any
Result = term()
This function returns the value of A.
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