OMG IDL Support

Syntax highlighting support for OMG Interface Definition Language (IDL) files in Visual Studio Code.

Features

This extension provides comprehensive syntax highlighting for OMG IDL 4.2 specification, including:

Language Constructs

• Type Declarations: struct, union, enum, bitmask, bitset, interface, module
• Type Keywords: Primitive types (long, short, float, double, char, boolean, octet, etc.)
• Extended Types: int8, int16, int32, int64, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64
• Template Types: sequence, string, wstring, fixed

Annotations

Full support for standard IDL annotations:

• @key, @optional, @id, @position, @bit_bound
• @extensibility, @final, @appendable, @mutable
• @default, @min, @max, @range, @unit
• @non_serialized, @must_understand, @value
• And many more...

Literals and Operators

• Numeric Literals: Hexadecimal, octal, decimal, floating-point, and fixed-point
• String Literals: Standard and wide strings with escape sequences
• Character Literals: Standard and wide characters
• Boolean Literals: TRUE and FALSE
• Operators: Arithmetic, bitwise, and assignment operators

Preprocessor Directives

• #include statements (with quoted and angle-bracket formats)
• #define, #ifdef, #ifndef, #if, #elif, #else, #endif, #pragma

Comments

• Line comments (//)
• Block comments (/* */)

Usage

Simply open any .idl file and the extension will automatically provide syntax highlighting.

Example

#include "common.idl"

module MyModule {
    @extensibility(MUTABLE)
    struct MyStruct {
        @key long id;
        @optional string name;
        sequence<octet> data;
    };
};

Requirements

No additional requirements or dependencies.

Extension Settings

This extension does not add any VS Code settings.

Release Notes

1.0.0

Initial release with comprehensive OMG IDL 4.2 syntax highlighting support.