PRB: JavaTLB Emits J5008 Warnings for Some COM Objects

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Some of the data types that can generate this error are:

1. Parameters that are complex or nested structures.
2. Parameters that have multiple levels of pointer indirection.
3. Return values (or parameters marked with the retval attribute) that are array types.

For example, if you have an interface method declaration like the following in your .tlb file:

  interface IMyInterface : IUnknown
  {
    SCODE MyMethod ([in]LPOLESTR pArg1, [in]LPOLESTR pArg2,
    [out]IAnotherInterface **ppIAnotherInterface);
    ...
  }
				

and you run JavaTLB on this .tlb file, you get the Compiler Warning message mentioned above.

NOTE: JavaTLB.exe has been replaced with a new utility in the SDK for Java 2.0 and newer that will have similar limitations.