SOM:Interface Definition Language

Interface Definetion Language (IDL) is core of System Object Model. All classes has definetion of its interface via IDL. With help of SOM Compiler IDL file can be translated to various formats, including various language bindings. For example, to produce C header you can run sc -s"h" somcls.idl to produce DEF file you can run sc -s"def" somcls.idl SOM Compiler uses emitter to produce corresponding language binding. You can create new bindings using Emitter framework.