[Enterprise Extensions only]

Contained::version

Overview The version read and write operations allow access and update of the version attribute of an Interface Repository Object.
Original interface CORBA module: Contained Interface
Exceptions CORBA::SystemException


Intended Usage

The version attribute distinguishes an object from the other versions. Both Read and Write methods are supported, with parameters listed below.

IDL Syntax

  void version (CORBA::VersionSpec versionspec)
  CORBA::VersionSpec version;

Read operations

Input parameters
none
Return values
CORBA::VersionSpec

The returned value is owned by the caller. It can be freed using CORBA::string_free.

Write operations

Input parameters
CORBA::Versionspec version

The version parameter specifies the new version attribute value for the object.

Return values
none

Example

  // C++
     // assume that this interface has already been initialized.
     CORBA::InterfaceDef * this_interface;
     // change the version of this interface
     this_interface-> version (<<2.0>>);
     // retrieve the version from the interface
     CORBA::VersionSpec returned_version;
     returned_version = this_interface-> version();