# any

### MODULE

any

### MODULE SUMMARY

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.

### AUTHORS

Lars Thorsén - support@erlang.ericsson.se

orber 3.4.2
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