Interface Definition Language

Can anybody explain to me what is meant by Interface Definition Language on a high level. Why it is used and how and where. Any ebook, concrete d开发者_Python百科efinitions and examples will also help.

Anybody who have worked/used this please share your knowledge. No googled resource please.

Thanks in advance.

Regards, Gaurav

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IDL is a Interface Definition Language and is generally used for defining programming language independent interfaces. A special compiler creates interfaces (or similar) for a specific language, i.e. Java.

IDL is often used in distributed systems, for example in the UNO Framework used by OpenOffice