The Interface-ID paragraph indicates that this Identification Division is introducing an interface definition, specifies the name that identifies the interface and assigns interface attributes to the interface.
General Format
Directives
In addition to the Compiler directives which provide flagging and modify the reserved word list, the following directives may impact either the syntax or the semantics described in this section.
ACTUAL-PARAMS - specifies the parameters to be used in the creation of an interface from a parameterized class or interface
Syntax Rules
Literal-1 must be an alphanumeric literal and must not be a figurative constant.
Type-specifier must not inherit directly or indirectly from interface-name-1.
Type-specifier cannot be repeated when you compile a program for .NET. In other words, multiple inheritance is not allowed.
Parameter-name-1 must be a name specified in a class-specifier or an interface-specifier in the Repository paragraph of this interface definition.
If a given method-name is inherited from more than one interface, the method prototype in each inherited interface must be such that this interface conforms to all inherited interfaces.
Attribute-clause is defined in the topic on the
Attribute,
Custom-Attribute Clause.
General Rules
Interface-name-1 names the interface declared by this interface definition. However, literal-1, if specified, is the name of the interface that is externalized to the operating environment.
The INHERITS phrase specifies the name of the interface that is inherited by interface-name-1 as described in the topic
Interface Inheritance in the chapter
Language Fundamentals.
The USING phrase specifies that this is a parameterized interface. Parameter-name-1 is the name given to the formal parameter.
Parameter-name-1 must be specified within this interface definition only where a class-name or an interface-name is permitted.
Attribute-clause is defined in the topic on the
Attribute,
Custom-Attribute Clause.
