13.1.25 Any Type

An any in OMG IDL is mapped to the CORBA::Any class. The CORBA::Any class handles C++ types in a type-safe manner.

• Handling Typed Values
  
• Insertion into Any
  
• Extraction from Any
  
• Distinguishing Boolean, Octet, Char, and Bounded Strings
  
• Widening to Object
  
• Handling Untyped Values
  
• Any Constructors, Destructor, Assignment Operator
  
• The Any Class