org.omg.CORBA
Interface PrimitiveDefOperations

All Superinterfaces:

IDLTypeOperations, IRObjectOperations

All Known Subinterfaces:

PrimitiveDef

All Known Implementing Classes:

PrimitiveDefPOA

public interface PrimitiveDefOperations

extends IDLTypeOperations

A PrimitiveDef represents one of the OMG IDL primitive types. As primitive types are unnamed, this interface is not derived from TypedefDef or Contained.

Method Summary

PrimitiveKind

kind() The kind attribute indicates which primitive type the PrimitiveDef represents.

Methods inherited from interface org.omg.CORBA.IDLTypeOperations

type

Methods inherited from interface org.omg.CORBA.IRObjectOperations

def_kind, destroy

Method Detail

kind

public PrimitiveKind kind()

The kind attribute indicates which primitive type the PrimitiveDef represents. There are no PrimitiveDefs with kind pk_null. A PrimitiveDef with kind pk_string represents an unbounded string. A PrimitiveDef with kind pk_objref represents the IDL type Object. A PrimitiveDef with kind pk_value_base represents the IDL type ValueBase.