Adobe 38043740 - ColdFusion Standard - Mac Development Manual page 1192

DEVELOPING COLDFUSION 9 APPLICATIONS
Using Web Elements and External Objects
CORBA IDL type
double
unsigned short
unsigned long
longlong
unsigned longlong
void
Data type conversion
The following table lists IDL data types and the corresponding ColdFusion data types:
IDL type
boolean
char
wchar
string
wstring
octet
short
long
float
double
unsigned short
unsigned long
void
struct
enum
array
sequence
interface
module
exception
attribute
Boolean data considerations
ColdFusion treats any of the following as Boolean values:
General support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
ColdFusion type
Boolean
One-character string
One-character string
String
String
One-character string
Integer
Integer
Real number
Real number
Integer
Integer
Not applicable (returned as an empty string)
Structure
Integer, where 0 corresponds to the first enumerator in the enum type
Array (must match the array size specified in the IDL)
Array
An object reference
Not supported (cannot dereference by module name)
ColdFusion throws an exception of type
Object reference using dot notation
Last updated 1/20/2012
As parameters
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
NA
coldfusion.runtime.corba.CorbaUserException
As return value
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
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