any(3erl)						     Erlang Module Definition							 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 there-
       for 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 .

Ericsson AB							   orber 3.6.20 							 any(3erl)