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• Preface
  • Babel in a Nutshell
  • Scope of this Manual
  • Getting the Software
  • Conventions
  • We Appreciate Your Feedback
  • Acknowledgments
  • Software Notices
• Contents
• Introduction
  • Babel Facilitates Language Interoperability
  • Scientific Interface Definition Language (SIDL)
  • Benefits to Customers
  • Beyond Babel’s Scope
  • Summary
  • Organization

• Installation
  • Simple Installation
  • External Software Requirements
• Basic Babel Code Generation
  • Babel is a Compiler
  • Command Line Options
• Hello World Tutorial
  • Introduction
  • Minimal Makefiles
  • Portable Makefiles: using babel-config
  • Final Remarks
• SIDL Basics
  • Introduction
  • SIDL Files
  • Fundamental Types
  • Arrays
  • Interface Contracts
  • SIDL Runtime
  • Objects
  • XML Repositories
• Upgrade Notes
  • Upgrading from Babel 1.0 to 1.4

• C Bindings
  • Introduction
  • Basics
  • Client-side
  • Implementation-side
• C++ Bindings
  • Introduction
  • Basics
  • Client-side
  • Implementation-side
• FORTRAN 77 Bindings
  • Introduction
  • Basics
  • Client-side
  • Implementation-side
• Fortran 90/95 Bindings
  • Introduction
  • Basics
  • Client-side
  • Implementation-side
• Fortran 2003/2008 Bindings
  • Introduction
  • Basics
  • Client-side
  • Implementation-side
• Java Bindings
  • Introduction
  • Basics
  • Client-side
  • Implementation-side
• Python Bindings
  • Introduction
  • Basics
  • Client-side
  • Implementation-side
• SIDL Backend
  • Introduction
  • Purpose
  • Generated versus Original SIDL files
  • XML File Comparison
  • Babel Command Line Options
• XML Backend
  • Introduction
  • Purpose
  • Basic Structure
  • Command Line Options
• HTML Interface Documentation
  • Introduction

• Remote Method Invocation
  • What is RMI?
  • Babel RMI Concepts
  • Babel RMI Usage
  • Babel Object Servers
  • Non-Blocking Babel RMI
• Building Portable Polyglot Software
  • Layout of Generated Files
  • Grouping compiled assets into Libraries
  • Dynamic vs. Static Linking
  • SIDL Library Issues
  • Language Bindings for the sidl Package
  • SCL Files for Dynamic Loading
  • Deployment of Babel-Enabled Libraries
• Creating Objects with Pre-Initialized State
  • Introduction to the Backdoor Initializer
  • Motivation
  • Example
  • The Backdoor Initializer in C
  • The Backdoor Initializer in fortran 77
  • The Backdoor Initializer in Fortran 90/95
  • The Backdoor Initializer in C++
  • The Backdoor Initializer in Java
  • The Backdoor Initializer in Python
• Interface Contracts
  • Introduction
  • Specifications
  • Enforcement
  • Summary
• Troubleshooting
  • Introduction
  • Common Errors
  • Common Warnings
• Lessons Learned
  • Introduction
  • Compilation Consistency is Key

• Reserved Words
  • Introduction
  • Reserved Words
  • Suggested Things To Avoid
• SIDL Grammar
  • Introduction
  • Backus-Naur Form
• Extensible Markup Language (XML)
  • Introduction
  • SIDL Document Type Declaration (DTD)
• Glossary
  • abstract
  • array
  • BLAS
  • Babel Object Server
  • BNF
  • bool
  • borrowed arrays
  • CCA
  • char
  • class
  • concrete class
  • COM
  • component
  • component architecture
  • copy
  • CORBA
  • dcomplex
  • dense
  • developer
  • DLL
  • double
  • DTD
  • dynamic linking
  • enum
  • enumeration
  • exception
  • extends
  • external stubs
  • external types
  • fcomplex
  • final
  • float
  • full name
  • fundamental types
  • glue
  • HTML
  • implementation
  • implements
  • implements-all
  • import
  • in
  • independent arrays
  • inheritance
  • inout
  • instance method
  • int
  • int32_t and int64_t
  • interface
  • interprocess
  • IOR
  • JNI
  • language interoperability
  • local
  • long
  • method
  • namespace
  • nonblocking
  • non-strided
  • Object model
  • OMG
  • oneway
  • opaque
  • out
  • package
  • pass-by-copy
  • pass-by-reference
  • pass-by-value
  • PIC
  • preprocessing
  • private data
  • process
  • protocol
  • reference counting
  • Remote Method Invocation
  • reverse engineering
  • RMI
  • RPC
  • serialization
  • shared library
  • short name
  • SIDL
  • single process
  • skeleton
  • SO
  • SPMD
  • state (of an object)
  • static
  • static linking
  • string
  • stub
  • SWIG
  • tarball
  • throws
  • type
  • URL
  • user
  • version
  • virtual
  • VM
  • void
  • VPATH
  • XML
• Index

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