Coupling distributed FORTRAN applications using C + + wrappers and the CORBA sequence type

摘要

The CORBA standard lacks a mapping of its Interface Definition Language(IDL) to FORTRAN, which still is an important language of many scientific and engineering applications. Using the given IDL to C + + mapping and a wrapping technique, and effective coupling of FORTRAN codes can be realized that in most cases avoids data copying. A way to use the IDL sequence type for the data transfer is shown, which allows highly flexible interfaces.