NAME
rpc_intro - Introduction to the DCE RPC programmer commands
DESCRIPTION
DCE RPC provides the following programmer commands:
+ The idl command invokes the Interface Definition Language
(IDL) compiler to convert an interface definition, written
in IDL, to output files.
+ The uuidgen command creates a UUID string that you assign to
an object to uniquely distinguish it from other objects.
See each command's reference page for further information.
IDL Base Data Types and IDL-to-C
The following table lists the IDL base data type specifiers.
Where applicable, the table shows the size of the corresponding
transmittable type and the type macro emitted by the IDL compiler
for resulting declarations.
Base Data Type Specifiers - rpc_intro
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Specifier Type Macro
(sign) (size) (type) Size Emitted by idl
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small int 8 bits idl_small_int
short int 16 bits idl_short_int
long int 32 bits idl_long_int
hyper int 64 bits idl_hyper_int
unsigned small int 8 bits idl_usmall_int
unsigned short int 16 bits idl_ushort_int
unsigned long int 32 bits idl_ulong_int
unsigned hyper int 64 bits idl_uhyper_int
float 32 bits idl_short_float
double 64 bits idl_long_float
char 8 bits idl_char
boolean 8 bits idl_boolean
byte 8 bits idl_byte
void - idl_void_p_t
handle_t - -
Note that you can use the idl_ macros in the code you write for an
application to ensure that your type declarations are consistent with
those in the stubs, even when the application is ported to another
platform. The idl_ macros are especially useful when passing
constant values to RPC calls. For maximum portability, all constants
passed to RPC calls declared in your network interfaces should be cast
to the appropriate type because the size of integer constants (like
the size of the int data type) is unspecified in the C language.
The idl_ macros are defined in dce/idlbase.h, which is included by
header files that the IDL compiler generates.
RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: idl
uuidgen
Messages: OSF DCE Problem Determination Guide.
Books: OSF DCE Application Development Guide.