External Data Representation - XDR Data Types

XDR Data Types

  • boolean
  • int – 32-bit integer
  • unsigned int – unsigned 32-bit integer
  • hyper – 64-bit integer
  • unsigned hyper – unsigned 64-bit integer
  • IEEE float
  • IEEE double
  • quadruple (new in RFC1832)
  • enumeration
  • structure
  • string
  • fixed length array
  • variable length array
  • union – discriminated union
  • fixed length opaque data
  • variable length opaque data
  • void – zero byte quantity
  • optional – optional data is notated similarly to C pointers, but is represented as the data type "pointed to" with a boolean "present or not" flag.

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