Introduction to CORBA IDL -- The Object Interface Type

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The Object Interface Type

IDL includes the pre-defined interface Object, which all user-defined interfaces inherit implicitly.
The operations defined in this interface are described in the Orbix Reference Guide.
While interface Object is never defined explicitly in your IDL specification, the operations of this interface are available through all your interface types.
In addition, you can use Object as an attribute or operation parameter type to indicate that the attribute or operation accepts any interface type:
```
    interface ObjectLocator { 
      void getAnyObject(out Object obj); 
    }; 
```
It is not legal IDL syntax to inherit interface Object explicitly.