What kind of pointer can be used in slice definitions ?

[rc_hz]

Suppose TTT is one type of basic Slice types, user-defined types, class or interface, then when can the following slice file be compiled and when can not ? Is there a general principle about pointer's usage ? I am sorry I can not find any restrictions about this in Ice's documentation. Thank you!

module Demo
{		
	struct STest
	{
	    TTT		*t;
	};
	
	sequence<TTT*> TTTSeq;
	
	dictionary<int, TTT*> TTTDic;
	
	class CTest
	{
		TTT		*t;
	}	

	interface ITest
	{
		TTT* getFileCompressed(TTT* t1, out TTT *t2);
	}		
};

[mes]

Hi,

TTT can only be a class or an interface. The TTT* syntax denotes a proxy for the type TTT, not a pointer like in C++. For example:

interface TTT
{
    void op();
};

interface Test
{
    TTT getTestValue();
    TTT* getTestProxy();
};

Hope that helps,
- Mark