NAME

       any - the corba any type

DESCRIPTION

       This module contains functions that gives an interface to the CORBA any type.

       Note  that  the  any  interface  in  orber  does  not  contain a destroy function because the any type is
       represented as an Erlang record and therefor will be removed by the garbage collector when not in use.

       The type TC used below describes an IDL type and is a tuple according  to  the  to  the  Erlang  language
       mapping.

       The type Any used below is defined as:

             -record(any, {typecode, value}).

       where typecode is a TC tuple and value is an Erlang term of the type defined by the typecode field.

EXPORTS

       create() -> Result
       create(Typecode, Value) -> Result

              Types:

                 Typecode = TC
                 Value = term()
                 Result = Any

              The create/0 function creates an empty any record and the create/2 function creates an initialized
              record.

       set_typecode(A, Typecode) -> Result

              Types:

                 A = Any
                 Typecode = TC
                 Result = Any

              This function sets the typecode of A and returns a new any record.

       get_typecode(A) -> Result

              Types:

                 A = Any
                 Result = TC

              This function returns the typecode of A.

       set_value(A, Value) -> Result

              Types:

                 A = Any
                 Value = term()
                 Result = Any

              This function sets the value of A and returns a new any record.

       get_value(A) -> Result

              Types:

                 A = Any
                 Result = term()

              This function returns the value of A.