MOF14 — IDL Mapping/Identifier Naming

Summary: Section 7.2.1, ppf 7-2. There is a section on name mangling which
describes how a MOF name is mapped to an IDL name. The mapping
definition provided has the following problems:

• There can be any number of MOF names which map to a single
  identifier in IDL. A legal configuration of names in a MOF namespace
  may result in name conflicts when mapped to IDL. Section 7.4, p 7-33
  states that the "IDL mapping may not produce valid CORBA IDL if
  ...preconditions on the input model is not satisfied:... the names
  within a NameSpace must be unique after application of the Format1 and
  Format2 name rewriting algorithms."
• The name mangling is not based on any standard, but rather
  "stylistic conventions".
• It is unnatural for a user to see different names in his MOF/UML
  model than in the corresponding IDL.
• The IDL for MOF does not even follow the guidelines (see format
  for constants, ppf A-2, format for exceptions throughout document)
• Some forms of identifier are not covered, such as enumeration
  value, structs, unions, discriminators.
• Will need to add arcane mangling rules for object by value and
  other OMG specifications which extend IDL.

closed issue