any(3)

MODULE
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.

AUTHOR
Lars Thorsen - support@erlang.ericsson.se