Overview | Returns a structure containing information about a CORBA::ExceptionDef Interface Repository object. |
Original interface | CORBA module: ExceptionDef Interface |
Exceptions | CORBA::SystemException |
Intended Usage
The inherited describe operation returns a structure (CORBA::Contained::Description) that contains information about a CORBA::ExceptionDef Interface Repository object. The CORBA::Contained::Description structure has two fields: kind (CORBA::DefinitionKind data type), and value (CORBA::Any data type).
The kind of definition described by the returned structure is provided using the kind field, and the value field is a CORBA::Any that contains the description that is specific to the kind of object described. When the describe operation is invoked on an exception (CORBA::ExceptionDef) object, the kind field is equal to CORBA::dk_Exception and the value field contains the CORBA::ExceptionDescription structure.
Syntax
struct ExceptionDescription { Identifier name; RepositoryId id; RepositoryId defined_in; VersionSpec version; TypeCode type; }; struct Description { DefinitionKind kind; any value; }; Description describe ();
Input parameters
None.
Return values
Example
// C++ // assume that 'this_exception' has already been initialized CORBA::ExceptionDef * this_exception; // retrieve a description of the exception CORBA::ExceptionDef::Description * returned_description; returned_description = this_exception-> describe (); // retrieve the exception description from the returned description // structure CORBA::ExceptionDescription * exception_description; exception_description = (CORBA::ExceptionDescription *) returned_description value.value ();