Table of Contents

1 -  AS/NZS ISO/IEC 14750:2003 INFORMATION TECHOLOGY-OPEN DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING-INTERFACE DEFINITION LANGUAGE
4 -  PREFACE
5 -  CONTENTS
7 -  1 Scope
7 -  2 Normative references
7 -  2.1 Identical Recommendations | International Standards
7 -  2.2 Additional references
7 -  3 Definitions
8 -  4 ODP IDL syntax and semantics
8 -  4.1 Lexical conventions
11 -  4.1.1 Tokens
11 -  4.1.2 Comments
11 -  4.1.3 Identifiers
11 -  4.1.4 Keywords
12 -  4.1.5 Literals
13 -  4.2 Preprocessing
14 -  4.3 ODP IDL grammar
18 -  4.4 ODP IDL specification
18 -  4.4.1 Module declaration
18 -  4.4.2 Interface declaration
19 -  4.5 Inheritance
21 -  4.6 Constant declaration
21 -  4.6.1 Syntax
22 -  4.6.2 Semantics
23 -  4.7 Type declaration
24 -  4.7.1 Basic types
25 -  4.7.2 Constructed types
27 -  4.7.3 Template types
28 -  4.7.4 Complex declarator
28 -  4.8 Typecodes and Principals
28 -  4.9 Exception declaration
29 -  4.10 Operation declaration
29 -  4.10.1 Operation attribute
29 -  4.10.2 Parameter declarations
30 -  4.10.3 Raises expressions
30 -  4.10.4 Context expressions
31 -  4.11 Attribute declaration
31 -  4.12 CORBA module
31 -  4.13 Names and scoping
33 -  4.14 Differences from C++
34 -  Annex A - Reserved standard exceptions
35 -  A.1 Object Non-Existence
35 -  A.2 Transaction exceptions
36 -  Annex B - Typecode encoding in the CORBA specification

Abstract

Provides the ODP Reference Model with a language and environment neutral notation to describe computational operation interface signatures. Use of this notation does not imply use of specific supporting mechanisms and protocols.

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Technical Committee IT-015 has reviewed the content of this publication and in accordance
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The following are represented on Technical Committee IT-015:
Australian Computer Society
Australian Society for Technical Communication (NSW)
Charles Sturt University
Department of Defence (Australia)
Griffith University
La Trobe University
National Association of Testing Authorities Australia
National ICT Australia
NSW Business Chamber
Quantitative Enterprise Software Performance
Systems Engineering Society of Australia
University of Technology, Sydney

Scope

This Recommendation | International Standard is intended to provide the ODP Reference Model (see ITU-T Rec. X.902 | ISO/IEC 10746-2 and ITU-T Rec. X.903 | ISO/IEC 10746-3) with a language and environment neutral notation to describe computational operation interface signatures. Use of this notation does not imply use of specific supporting mechanisms and protocols.

General Product Information

Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	Standards Australia
ProductNote	Reconfirmed 20/05/2014. This standard has been reconfirmed in Australia in 2014 and remains current in New Zealand. Reconfirmation Notice 20/05/2014
Pages
ISBN
Committee	IT-015
Supersedes	DR 03095 CP