Contained

File stem

containd

Base

SOMObject

Metaclass

SOMClass

Ancestor Classes

SOMObject

Types

    typedef  string       RepositoryId;
     struct       Description   {
     Identifier   name;
     any          value;
           };

Attributes

All attributes of the Contained class provide access to information kept within the receiving object. The "_get_" form of the attribute returns a memory reference that is only valid as long as the receiving object has not been freed (using _somFree). The "_set_" form of the attribute makes a (deep) copy of your data and places it in the receiving object. You retain ownership of all memory references passed using the "_set_" attributes.

Listed below is each available attribute, with its corresponding type in parentheses, followed by a description of its purpose:

name (Identifier)

A simple name that identifies the Contained object within its containment hierarchy. The name may not be unique outside of the containment hierarchy; thus it may require qualification by ModuleDef name and/or InterfaceDef name.

id (RepositoryId)

The value of the "id" field of the Contained object. This is a string that uniquely identifies any object in the IR; thus it needs no qualification. Note that RepositoryIds have no relationship to the SOM type somId.

defined_in (RepositoryId)

The value of the "defined_in" field of the Contained object. This ID uniquely identifies the container where the Contained object is defined. Objects without global scope that do not appear within any other object are, by default, placed in the Repository object.

somModifiers (sequence <somModifier>)

The somModifiers attribute is a sequence containing all modifiers associated with the object in the "implementation" section of the SOM IDL file where the receiving object is defined.

Note: This attribute is a SOM-unique extension of the Interface Repository; it is not stipulated by the CORBA specification.

New methods

The following list shows all the Contained methods.

• within
• describe

Overridden methods

The following list shows all the methods overridden by the Contained class. These methods are overridden in order to modify the behavior defined by an ancestor class.

• somFree
• somInit
• somUninit
• somDumpSelf
• somDumpSelfInt