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037
038package org.omg.CORBA;
039
040/**
041 * </p>
042 * The higher 20 bits of any CORBA exception hold "Vendor Minor Codeset ID"
043 * (VMCID), for instance 0x4F4D0000 (OMG standard), 0x54410000 (TAO), 0x4A430000
044 * (JacORB), 0x49540000 (IONA), 0x53550000 (Sun).
045 * </p>
046 * <p>
047 * GNU Classpath official vendor minor code set id is 0x47430000 ("GC\x00\x00"),
048 * and the reserved space spans till 0x47430FFF, allowing to use up to 4096
049 * Classpath specific exceptions. It was assigned 30/09/2005 by OMG Vice President
050 * Andrew Watson.
051 * </p>
052 * <p>
053 * The standard minor codes for the standard system exceptions are prefaced by
054 * the VMCID assigned to OMG, defined as 0x4F4D0000 (the code of the minor field
055 * for the standard exception with minor code 1 is 0x4F4D0001). Within a vendor
056 * assigned space, the assignment of values to minor codes is left to the
057 * vendor.
058 * </p>
059 * 
060 * <p>
061 * The VMCID 0 and 0xFFFFF0000 are reserved for experimental use.
062 * </p>
063 * 
064 * @author Audrius Meskauskas (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
065 */
066public interface OMGVMCID
067{
068  /**
069   * The OMG vendor minor code ID.
070   */
071  int value = 0x4F4D0000;
072}