CORBA

IDL Language Mapping

OMG has standardized language mappings.

OMG IDL Type	C++ Mapping Type
`long, short`	`long, short`
`float, double`	`float, double`
`enum`	`enum`
`char`	`char`
`boolean`	`boolean`
`octet`	`unsigned char`
`any`	`Any` class
`struct`	`struct`
`union`	class
`string`	`char*`
`wstring`	`wchar_t*`
`sequence`	class
`fixed`	`Fixed` template class
object reference	pointer or object
interface	class

modules map to C++ namespaces.
In C, since it does not have objects, objects are written as abstract data types.
There is also an IDL to Java mapping

José M. Vidal .

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