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	description: "Interface for input streams"
	library: "Gobo Eiffel Kernel Library"
	copyright: "Copyright (c) 2001-2018, Eric Bezault and others"
	license: "MIT License"
	date: "$Date: 2019-02-07 22:54:15 +0000 (Thu, 07 Feb 2019) $"
	revision: "$Revision: 102807 $"

deferred class interface
	KI_INPUT_STREAM [G]

feature -- Access

	generating_type: TYPE [detachable KI_INPUT_STREAM [G]]
			-- Type of current object
			-- (type of which it is a direct instance)
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			generating_type_not_void: Result /= Void

	generator: STRING_8
			-- Name of current object's generating class
			-- (base class of the type of which it is a direct instance)
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			generator_not_void: Result /= Void
			generator_not_empty: not Result.is_empty

	last_item: G
			-- Last item read
		require
			is_open_read: is_open_read
			not_end_of_input: not end_of_input

	name: STRING_8
			-- Name of input stream
		ensure
			name_not_void: Result /= Void
	
feature -- Comparison

	frozen deep_equal (a: detachable ANY; b: like arg #1): BOOLEAN
			-- Are a and b either both void
			-- or attached to isomorphic object structures?
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			instance_free: class
			shallow_implies_deep: standard_equal (a, b) implies Result
			both_or_none_void: (a = Void) implies (Result = (b = Void))
			same_type: (Result and (a /= Void)) implies (b /= Void and then a.same_type (b))
			symmetric: Result implies deep_equal (b, a)

	frozen equal (a: detachable ANY; b: like arg #1): BOOLEAN
			-- Are a and b either both void or attached
			-- to objects considered equal?
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			instance_free: class
			definition: Result = (a = Void and b = Void) or else ((a /= Void and b /= Void) and then a.is_equal (b))

	frozen is_deep_equal (other: KI_INPUT_STREAM [G]): BOOLEAN
			-- Are Current and other attached to isomorphic object structures?
			-- (from ANY)
		require -- from ANY
			other_not_void: other /= Void
		ensure -- from ANY
			shallow_implies_deep: standard_is_equal (other) implies Result
			same_type: Result implies same_type (other)
			symmetric: Result implies other.is_deep_equal (Current)

	is_equal (other: KI_INPUT_STREAM [G]): BOOLEAN
			-- Is other attached to an object considered
			-- equal to current object?
			-- (from ANY)
		require -- from ANY
			other_not_void: other /= Void
		ensure -- from ANY
			symmetric: Result implies other ~ Current
			consistent: standard_is_equal (other) implies Result

	frozen standard_equal (a: detachable ANY; b: like arg #1): BOOLEAN
			-- Are a and b either both void or attached to
			-- field-by-field identical objects of the same type?
			-- Always uses default object comparison criterion.
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			instance_free: class
			definition: Result = (a = Void and b = Void) or else ((a /= Void and b /= Void) and then a.standard_is_equal (b))

	frozen standard_is_equal (other: KI_INPUT_STREAM [G]): BOOLEAN
			-- Is other attached to an object of the same type
			-- as current object, and field-by-field identical to it?
			-- (from ANY)
		require -- from ANY
			other_not_void: other /= Void
		ensure -- from ANY
			same_type: Result implies same_type (other)
			symmetric: Result implies other.standard_is_equal (Current)
	
feature -- Status report

	conforms_to (other: ANY): BOOLEAN
			-- Does type of current object conform to type
			-- of other (as per Eiffel: The Language, chapter 13)?
			-- (from ANY)
		require -- from ANY
			other_not_void: other /= Void

	end_of_input: BOOLEAN
			-- Has the end of input stream been reached?
		require
			is_open_read: is_open_read

	is_closable: BOOLEAN
			-- Can current input stream be closed?
		ensure
			is_open: Result implies is_open_read

	is_open_read: BOOLEAN
			-- Can items be read from input stream?

	is_rewindable: BOOLEAN
			-- Can current input stream be rewound to return input from
			-- the beginning of the stream?
		ensure
			rewind_implies_open: Result implies is_open_read

	same_type (other: ANY): BOOLEAN
			-- Is type of current object identical to type of other?
			-- (from ANY)
		require -- from ANY
			other_not_void: other /= Void
		ensure -- from ANY
			definition: Result = (conforms_to (other) and other.conforms_to (Current))

	valid_unread_item (an_item: G): BOOLEAN
			-- Can an_item be put back in input stream?
	
feature -- Duplication

	copy (other: KI_INPUT_STREAM [G])
			-- Update current object using fields of object attached
			-- to other, so as to yield equal objects.
			-- (from ANY)
		require -- from ANY
			other_not_void: other /= Void
			type_identity: same_type (other)
		ensure -- from ANY
			is_equal: Current ~ other

	frozen deep_copy (other: KI_INPUT_STREAM [G])
			-- Effect equivalent to that of:
			--		copy (other . deep_twin)
			-- (from ANY)
		require -- from ANY
			other_not_void: other /= Void
		ensure -- from ANY
			deep_equal: deep_equal (Current, other)

	frozen deep_twin: KI_INPUT_STREAM [G]
			-- New object structure recursively duplicated from Current.
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			deep_twin_not_void: Result /= Void
			deep_equal: deep_equal (Current, Result)

	frozen standard_copy (other: KI_INPUT_STREAM [G])
			-- Copy every field of other onto corresponding field
			-- of current object.
			-- (from ANY)
		require -- from ANY
			other_not_void: other /= Void
			type_identity: same_type (other)
		ensure -- from ANY
			is_standard_equal: standard_is_equal (other)

	frozen standard_twin: KI_INPUT_STREAM [G]
			-- New object field-by-field identical to other.
			-- Always uses default copying semantics.
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			standard_twin_not_void: Result /= Void
			equal: standard_equal (Result, Current)

	frozen twin: KI_INPUT_STREAM [G]
			-- New object equal to Current
			-- twin calls copy; to change copying/twinning semantics, redefine copy.
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			twin_not_void: Result /= Void
			is_equal: Result ~ Current
	
feature -- Basic operations

	close
			-- Try to close input stream if it is closable. Set
			-- is_open_read to false if operation was successful.
		require
			is_closable: is_closable

	frozen default: detachable KI_INPUT_STREAM [G]
			-- Default value of object's type
			-- (from ANY)

	frozen default_pointer: POINTER
			-- Default value of type POINTER
			-- (Avoid the need to write p.default for
			-- some p of type POINTER.)
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			instance_free: class

	default_rescue
			-- Process exception for routines with no Rescue clause.
			-- (Default: do nothing.)
			-- (from ANY)

	frozen do_nothing
			-- Execute a null action.
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			instance_free: class

	rewind
			-- Move input position to the beginning of stream.
		require
			can_rewind: is_rewindable
	
feature -- Input

	read
			-- Read the next item in input stream.
			-- Make the result available in last_item.
		require
			is_open_read: is_open_read
			not_end_of_input: not end_of_input

	read_to_buffer (a_buffer: KI_BUFFER [G]; pos, nb: INTEGER_32): INTEGER_32
			-- Fill a_buffer, starting at position pos, with
			-- at most nb items read from input stream.
			-- Return the number of items actually read.
			-- (Note that even if at least nb items are available
			-- in the input stream, there is no guarantee that they
			-- will all be read.)
		require
			is_open_read: is_open_read
			not_end_of_input: not end_of_input
			a_buffer_not_void: a_buffer /= Void
			pos_large_enough: pos >= 1
			nb_large_enough: nb > 0
			enough_space: (pos + nb - 1) <= a_buffer.count
		ensure
			nb_item_read_large_enough: Result >= 0
			nb_item_read_small_enough: Result <= nb
			not_end_of_input: not end_of_input implies Result > 0

	unread (an_item: G)
			-- Put an_item back in input stream.
			-- This item will be read first by the next
			-- call to a read routine.
		require
			is_open_read: is_open_read
			an_item_valid: valid_unread_item (an_item)
		ensure
			not_end_of_input: not end_of_input
			last_item_set: last_item = an_item
	
feature -- Output

	Io: STD_FILES
			-- Handle to standard file setup
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			instance_free: class
			io_not_void: Result /= Void

	out: STRING_8
			-- New string containing terse printable representation
			-- of current object
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			out_not_void: Result /= Void

	print (o: detachable ANY)
			-- Write terse external representation of o
			-- on standard output.
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			instance_free: class

	frozen tagged_out: STRING_8
			-- New string containing terse printable representation
			-- of current object
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			tagged_out_not_void: Result /= Void
	
feature -- Platform

	Operating_environment: OPERATING_ENVIRONMENT
			-- Objects available from the operating system
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			instance_free: class
			operating_environment_not_void: Result /= Void
	
invariant
		-- from ANY
	reflexive_equality: standard_is_equal (Current)
	reflexive_conformance: conforms_to (Current)

end -- class KI_INPUT_STREAM

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