arrays attribute

Arrays are homogenous collections of data accessed by an index or element number.

typedef [ [type-attr-list] ] type-specifier [pointer-decl] array-declarator;

typedef [ [type-attr-list] ] struct [ tag ] 
{
    [ [ field-attribute-list ] ] type-specifier [pointer-decl] array-declarator;
    ...
};

typedef [ [type-attr-list] ] union [ tag ] 
{
    [ case (limited-expression [ , ... ] ) ]
  [ [ field-attribute-list ] ] type-specifier [pointer-decl] array-declarator;
  [ [ default ]
  [ [ field-attribute-list ] ] type-specifier [pointer-decl] array-declarator;
  ]
};

[[ [function-attribute-list] ]] type-specifier [[pointer-decl]] function-name(
        [[ [param-attr-list] ]] type-specifier [[pointer-decl]] array-declarator
        , ...);

Parameters

type-attr-list

Specifies zero or more attributes that apply to the type. Valid type attributes include [handle], [switch_type], [transmit_as]; the pointer attribute [ref], [unique], or [ptr]; and the usage attributes [context_handle], [string], and [ignore]. Separate multiple attributes with commas.

type-specifier

Specifies the type identifier, base type, struct, union, or enum type. The type specification can include an optional storage specification.

pointer-decl

Specifies zero or more pointer declarators. A pointer declarator is the same as the pointer declarator used in C, constructed from the * designator, modifiers such as far, and the qualifier const.

array-declarator

Specifies the name of the array, followed by one of the following constructs for each dimension of the array: "[ ]", "[*]", "[const1]", or "[lower...upper]" where lower and upper are constant values that represent the lower and upper bounds. The constant lower must evaluate to zero.

tag

Specifies an optional tag for the structure or union.

field-attribute-list

Specifies zero or more field attributes that apply to the structure, union member, or function parameter. Valid field attributes include [first_is], [last_is], [length_is], [max_is], [size_is]; the usage attributes [string], and [ignore]; the pointer attributes [ref], [unique], and [ptr]; and the union attribute [switch_type]. Separate multiple field attributes with commas. Note that of the attributes listed above, [first_is], [last_is], and [ignore] are not valid for unions.

limited-expression

Specifies a C-language expression. The MIDL compiler supports conditional expressions, logical expressions, relational expressions, and arithmetic expressions. MIDL does not allow function invocations in expressions and does not allow increment and decrement operators.

function-attribute-list

Specifies zero or more attributes that apply to the function. Valid function attributes are [callback], [local]; the pointer attribute [ref], [unique], or [ptr]; and the usage attributes [string], and [context_handle].

function-name

Specifies the name of the remote procedure.

param-attr-list

Specifies the directional attributes and one or more optional field attributes that apply to the array parameter. Valid field attributes include [max_is], [size_is], [length_is], [first_is], and [last_is].

Remarks

Arrays in MIDL use a style similar to but not exactly the same as C and C++. For more information, see MIDL Arrays.

See also

callback

const

context_handle

enum

first_is

handle

Interface Definition (IDL) File

ignore

last_is

length_is

local

max_is

ptr

ref

size_is

string

struct

switch_type

transmit_as

union

unique