Symbolic References

Forward Reference
- Creates a reference to reference to an object not yet created
- Create symbolic relationships
- Pass in the implementation identifier i.e. “stf”

Assigns a created reference symbol to an object
- Resolves if it is a forward reference
- User can reference the object using the reference symbol

extern SE_STATUS_CODE_ENUM

SE_CreateReferenceSymbol

(

const char implementation_identifier[],

SE_REFERENCE_SYMBOL *ref_symbol_out_ptr

);

extern SE_STATUS_CODE_ENUM

SE_AssignReferenceSymbolToObject

(

SE_REFERENCE_SYMBOL ref_symbol,

SE_OBJECT object_in

);