Re: Retrieving the "unique" attribute information from the type library
"Ranjit" <ranjitiyer@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I have an interface with a method that takes an [in, out, unique] int*
interface IVendor : IUnknown
{
HRESULT ReturnInteger([in, out, unique] int *);
};
but when i compile the project and get the type library i dont find
the "unique" attribute described in the method description in the type
library.
Type library format is not full fidelity: only a subset of features
available in IDL is preserved in TLB. Baically, just enough to make
automation work.
I need to programmatically find out from the typelibrary if a pointer
parameter is tagged unique so i could modify the marshalling code in
my Java-DCOM implementation.
I'm afraid you are sadly out of luck. You'll probably have to parse IDL
directly.
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