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Interface Definetion Language (IDL) is core of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Object_Model 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]].