AIDL 编译报can be an out parameter, so you must declare it as in, out or inout原因探究

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问题：

Gavin Bong wrote:

I'm getting this error when running "ant aidl".

/data/projects2008/android/iteration1/lib/src/org/android/ common/IAdUnitAvailability.aidl:5 parameter 1: 'Advert ad' can be an out parameter, so you must declare it as in, out or inout.

 

IAdUnitAvailability.aidl

I have an interface method with signature:

void gimmeAds( Advert ad );

What am I missing ?

 

回答如下：

AIDL isn't Java. It's real close, but it's not Java.

One thing AIDL has that Java doesn't is the notion of "direction" for parameters, which determine what data needs to be copied "on the wire" as objects get passed from the client to the server and back again.

If the Advert ad parameter is purel