For example, the XML representation of sidl.BaseInterface is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE Symbol PUBLIC "-//CCA//sidl Symbol DTD v1.1//EN" "/babel/share/repository/sidl.dtd"> <Symbol> <SymbolName name="sidl.BaseInterface" version="0.9.12" /> <Metadata date="20051208 10:47:28 PST"> <MetadataEntry key="source-url" value="file:/babel/runtime/sidl/sidl.sidl" /> <MetadataEntry key="babel-version" value="0.10.51" /> <MetadataEntry key="xml-url" value="/babel/share/repository/sidl.BaseInterface-v0.9.12.xml" /> <MetadataEntry key="source-line" value="46" /> </Metadata> <Comment>Every interface in <code>sidl</code>implicitly inherits from <code>BaseInterface</code>, and it is implemented by <code>BaseClass</code>below.</Comment> <Interface> <ExtendsBlock /> <AllParentInterfaces /> <MethodsBlock> <Method communication="normal" copy="false" definition="abstract" extension="" shortname="addRef"> <Comment> <p>Add one to the intrinsic reference count in the underlying object. Object in <code>sidl</code>have an intrinsic reference count. Objects continue to exist as long as the reference count is positive. Clients should call this method whenever they create another ongoing reference to an object or interface.</p> <p>This does not have a return value because there is no language independent type that can refer to an interface or a class.</p> </Comment> <Type type="void" /> <ArgumentList /> <ThrowsList /> <ImplicitThrowsList> <SymbolName name="sidl.RuntimeException" version="0.9.12" /> </ImplicitThrowsList> </Method> <Method communication="normal" copy="false" definition="abstract" extension="" shortname="deleteRef"> <Comment>Decrease by one the intrinsic reference count in the underlying object, and delete the object if the reference is non-positive. Objects in <code>sidl</code>have an intrinsic reference count. Clients should call this method whenever they remove a reference to an object or interface.</Comment> <Type type="void" /> <ArgumentList /> <ThrowsList /> <ImplicitThrowsList> <SymbolName name="sidl.RuntimeException" version="0.9.12" /> </ImplicitThrowsList> </Method> <Method communication="normal" copy="false" definition="abstract" extension="" shortname="isSame"> <Comment>Return true if and only if <code>obj</code>refers to the same object as this object.</Comment> <Type type="boolean" /> <ArgumentList> <Argument copy="false" mode="in" name="iobj"> <Type type="symbol"> <SymbolName name="sidl.BaseInterface" version="0.9.12" /> </Type> </Argument> </ArgumentList> <ThrowsList /> <ImplicitThrowsList> <SymbolName name="sidl.RuntimeException" version="0.9.12" /> </ImplicitThrowsList> </Method> <Method communication="normal" copy="false" definition="abstract" extension="" shortname="isType"> <Comment>Return whether this object is an instance of the specified type. The string name must be the <code>sidl</code>type name. This routine will return <code>true</code>if and only if a cast to the string type name would succeed.</Comment> <Type type="boolean" /> <ArgumentList> <Argument copy="false" mode="in" name="name"> <Type type="string" /> </Argument> </ArgumentList> <ThrowsList /> <ImplicitThrowsList> <SymbolName name="sidl.RuntimeException" version="0.9.12" /> </ImplicitThrowsList> </Method> <Method communication="normal" copy="false" definition="abstract" extension="" shortname="getClassInfo"> <Comment>Return the meta-data about the class implementing this interface.</Comment> <Type type="symbol"> <SymbolName name="sidl.ClassInfo" version="0.9.12" /> </Type> <ArgumentList /> <ThrowsList /> <ImplicitThrowsList> <SymbolName name="sidl.RuntimeException" version="0.9.12" /> </ImplicitThrowsList> </Method> </MethodsBlock> </Interface> </Symbol>