IDL typedef generation fails

[morini]

The IDL code generation tool doesn’t generate a typedef defined as nested class named ObservantId marked with stereotype <<typedef>>.

My interface definition (Observant) is nearly as simple as possible. Have a look at the attached screen shots.

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The generated IDL file looks as follows:

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#ifndef OBSERVATION_OBSERVANT_H
#define OBSERVATION_OBSERVANT_H


#include <orbsvcs/CosNotifyComm.idl>

module Observation {

//An Observant may be observated by a, possibly remote, Observer.
//Each Observant has an id unique in the entire applications operation domain
//which may be asked for using id(). The Observer uses it internally to filter the
//observated objects Observation events.

interface Observant : CosNotifyComm::StructuredPushSupplier
{
  readonly attribute ObservantId id;

  ObservantId get_id();

} /* Observant */;

}; // module Observation
#endif


As you’ll see: The typedef statement is missing.

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The generators log output is:

IDL generator release 5.0.3

Generate code for Observant in /Users/tcs/src/CORBA/Observation/idl/Observant.idl
Embedded class ObservantId not generated

/Users/tcs/src/CORBA/Observation/idl/Observant.idl not modified

Generation done : 1 warnings, 0 errors

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As a temporary fix I’ve added an "extra member“ defining the type.

I’m using Bouml 6.8.6


Thanks
Thomas

[Bruno Pagès]

You are right, the types can be nested, I will fix that

Thank you for the bug report

[Bruno Pagès]

The release 6.8.7 is available, fixing this bug

[morini]

Hey, the fastest support I've ever seen!

Thanks, I'll try it immediately.

[morini]

Sorry, but there's yet another bug coming with this fix. The generator now creates the typedef but it uses the UML type instead of translating it into the IDL type.

I would expect:

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typedef unsigned long ObservantId;

but I get:

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typedef ulong ObservantId;

[Bruno Pagès]

The way the typedef are generated is unchanged, this is in fact an old unknown bug

To bypass that you can use directly "unsigned long" rather than "ulong" in the typedef definition

I need a full day to compile & packages bouml for all the distributions each time I make a new version, because there is a simple way to bypass this bug I will probably not make the new version before the next weekend, allowing you to find new bugs may be IDL is probably not very used

[morini]

That's nice. If there's a fix around something it's ok.

Many thanks!

[Bruno Pagès]

The release 6.8.8 is available, fixing this bug

[morini]

Many thanks,

its working great!