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ION Java User's Guide: ION Java Class and Method Reference |
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Objects of the IONVariable class provide a client-side representation of an IDL variable. IONVariable objects are used to read and write data between the IDL server and clients.
| Note IDL and Java both have a basic byte data type; however, IDL's byte is unsigned, and Java's is signed. Java does not support the concept of unsigned types. When a byte in Java is cast to an integer, the sign is preserved via sign extension. This can cause problems when transferring byte data between IDL and Java. For information on how to properly convert an IDL byte to a Java byte, see Converting Between IDL and Java Bytes. |
The following constants are used to identify data types
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IDL Online Help (March 06, 2007)