.TH any 3erl "orber 3.7" "Ericsson AB" "Erlang Module Definition"
.SH NAME
any \- the corba any type
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
This module contains functions that gives an interface to the CORBA any type\&.
.LP
Note that the \fIany\fR\& 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\&.
.LP
The type \fITC\fR\& used below describes an IDL type and is a tuple according to the to the Erlang language mapping\&.
.LP
The type \fIAny\fR\& used below is defined as:
.LP
.nf

      -record(any, {typecode, value}).
    
.fi
.LP
where \fItypecode\fR\& is a TC tuple and \fIvalue\fR\& is an Erlang term of the type defined by the typecode field\&.
.SH EXPORTS
.LP
.B
create() -> Result
.br
.B
create(Typecode, Value) -> Result
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.RS
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Types:

.RS 3
Typecode = TC
.br
Value = term()
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Result = Any
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.RE
.RE
.RS
.LP
The create/0 function creates an empty any record and the create/2 function creates an initialized record\&.
.RE

.LP
.B
set_typecode(A, Typecode) -> Result
.br
.RS
.LP
Types:

.RS 3
A = Any
.br
Typecode = TC
.br
Result = Any
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.RE
.RE
.RS
.LP
This function sets the typecode of \fIA\fR\& and returns a new any record\&.
.RE

.LP
.B
get_typecode(A) -> Result
.br
.RS
.LP
Types:

.RS 3
A = Any
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Result = TC
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.RE
.RE
.RS
.LP
This function returns the typecode of \fIA\fR\&\&.
.RE

.LP
.B
set_value(A, Value) -> Result
.br
.RS
.LP
Types:

.RS 3
A = Any
.br
Value = term()
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Result = Any
.br
.RE
.RE
.RS
.LP
This function sets the value of \fIA\fR\& and returns a new any record\&.
.RE

.LP
.B
get_value(A) -> Result
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.RS
.LP
Types:

.RS 3
A = Any
.br
Result = term()
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.RE
.RE
.RS
.LP
This function returns the value of \fIA\fR\&\&.
.RE