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ORBIT-IDL

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 18 March 2002
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NAME

orbit-idl - IDL compiler for ORBit

 

SYNOPSIS

orbit-idl [ options ] file...

 

DESCRIPTION

orbit-idl
converts object interface descriptions written in CORBA IDL (Interface Definition Language) into C code that you can compile and link into your programs.

 

OPTIONS

orbit-idl accepts the following options: -d ARG
--debug=ARG
Set the debug level. Supported levels are 0 to 4, default is 2.
--skeleton-impl
Generate a skeleton-impl file.
--nostubs
Do not create the stubs file.
--noskels
Do not create the skels file.
--nocommon
Do not create the common file.
--noheaders
Do not create the headers file. -D ARG
--define=ARG
Define name for preprocessor.
-I PATH
--include=PATH
Add search path for include files.
--c-output-formatter=PROGRAM
Define the program to use for formatting the compiler output; defaults to indent(1). -l ARG
--lang=ARG
Specify the output language. The default is C. Support for languages other than C requires the installation of a backend for that language.
--backenddir=DIR
Specify the directory where a language backend is stored (not necessary if backend is stored in the default directory, /usr/lib/orbit-idl.)
--usage
Print a very brief usage summary. -?
--help
Print a slightly more detailed usage summary.

 

COMPILING

The IDL file(s) compiled by orbit-idl define the interfaces to network-transparent objects. These files are first passed to cpp(1), the C Preprocessor, then the result is parsed, and the C code is generated.
 By default, orbit-idl generates four files, the stubs, skels, common, and header files. If your input file is named sample.idl, then the output files will be named, respectively, sample-stubs.c, sample-skels.c, sample-common.c, and sample.h. You can optionally also generate a skeleton-impl file (which would be named sample-skelimpl.c in our example). This file requires manual editing to be useful, and is therefore not generated by default. The generated C files are formatting ("pretty-printed") using indent(1). You can use another program for this if you prefer, with the --c-output-formatter argument.

 

SEE ALSO

orbit-config(1), cpp(1), indent(1), /usr/share/doc/liborbit-dev, http://orbit-resource.sourceforge.net, http://www.omg.org.

 

AUTHOR

Copyright © 2001, 2002 Dick Porter <dick@acm.org> and Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com>

This manual was originally written for orbit-idl by Chris Waters <xtifr@debian.org> for Debian GNU/Linux.


 

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
COMPILING
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR

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