Synopsis

Determines if an object exists for the specified object type.

C++ Binding

CORBA::Boolean CORBA::is_nil(spec_object_type obj);

Argument

Description

This member function is used to determine if a specified object reference is nil. It returns TRUE if the object reference contains the special value for a nil object reference as defined by the ORB.

This operation may not throw CORBA exceptions.

Return Values

Returns TRUE if the specified object is nil; otherwise, returns FALSE.

Example

CORBA::Object_ptr op = TP::create_object_reference(
                             "IDL:Teller:1.0", "MyTeller");
CORBA::Boolean b = CORBA::is_nil(op);