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)
