(IDL) 1. An
OSF standard for defining
RPC stubs.
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between objects, and is the base mechanism for object
interaction.
Request Broker Architecture) specifies the interface between
objects. IDL (Interface Definition Language) is the base
mechanism for object interaction.
The SunSoft OMG IDL CFE (Compiler Front End) version 1.2
provides a complete framework for building CORBA 1.1-compliant
preprocessors for OMG IDL. To use it you write a back-end. A
complete compiler of IDL would translate IDL into
clientside and
server side routines for remote communication in
the same manner as
Sun's current
RPCL compiler. The IDL
compiler front end allows integration of new back ends which
can translate IDL to various programming languages.
Several companies including Sunsoft are building back ends to
the CFE which translate IDL into target languages,
e.g.
Pascal or
C++, in the context of planned
CORBA-compliant products. IDL requires C++ 2.1.
Not to be confused with any of the other
IDLs.
Telephone: Mache Creeger, SunSoft, Inc. +1 (415) 336 5884.
(1993-05-04)