The OM_type data type is used to identify an OM attribute type. Its C declaration is as follows:
typedef OM_uint16 OM_type;
A data value of this data type is an integer in the range 0 to 2-to-the-16th-power that indicates a type in the context of a package. However, the following values in the following table are assigned meanings by the respective data types.
Assigning Meanings to Values
| Value | Data Type |
| OM_NO_MORE_TYPES | OM_type_list |
| OM_PRIVATE_OBJECT | OM_private_object |