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IDL operation declarations

Operation declarations define the interface of each operation introduced by the interface. (An IDL operation is typically implemented by a method in the implementation programming language. Hence, the terms operation and method are often used interchangeably.) An operation declaration is similar to a C++ virtual function definition:

[ oneway ] type-spec identifier ( parameter-list ) [ raises-expr [ context-expr ] ;

where

The remaining syntax of an operation declaration is elaborated in the following topics: