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	description: "Routines that ought to be in class SPECIAL. A special object is a zero-based indexed sequence of values, equipped with features put, item and count."
	library: "Gobo Eiffel Kernel Library"
	copyright: "Copyright (c) 2003-2018, Eric Bezault and others"
	license: "MIT License"
	date: "$Date: 2019-02-07 22:54:15 +0000 (Thu, 07 Feb 2019) $"
	revision: "$Revision: 102807 $"

class interface
	KL_SPECIAL_ROUTINES [G]

create 
	default_create
			-- Process instances of classes with no creation clause.
			-- (Default: do nothing.)
			-- (from ANY)

feature -- Initialization

	make (n: INTEGER_32): SPECIAL [G]
			-- Create a new special object being able to contain n items.
		require
			non_negative_n: n >= 0
		ensure
			instance_free: class
			special_not_void: Result /= Void
			capacity_set: Result.capacity = n

	make_filled (v: G; n: INTEGER_32): SPECIAL [G]
			-- Create a special object for n entries initialized with v.
		require
			non_negative_argument: n >= 0
		ensure
			instance_free: class
			special_not_void: Result /= Void
			capacity_set: Result.capacity = n
			count_set: Result.count = n
			filled: across
					0 |..| (n - 1) as i
				all
					{KL_TYPE [G]}.same_objects (Result.item (i.item), v)
				end

	make_from_array (an_array: ARRAY [G]): SPECIAL [G]
			-- Create a new special object with items from an_array.
		require
			an_array_not_void: an_array /= Void
		ensure
			instance_free: class
			special_not_void: Result /= Void
			count_set: Result.count = an_array.count
			same_items: across
					0 |..| (Result.count - 1) as i
				all
					{KL_TYPE [G]}.same_objects (Result.item (i.item), an_array.item (an_array.lower + i.item))
				end
	
feature -- Access

	generating_type: TYPE [detachable KL_SPECIAL_ROUTINES [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
	
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: KL_SPECIAL_ROUTINES [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: KL_SPECIAL_ROUTINES [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: KL_SPECIAL_ROUTINES [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

	has (an_array: SPECIAL [G]; v: G): BOOLEAN
			-- Does v appear in an_array?
		require
			an_array_not_void: an_array /= Void
		ensure
			instance_free: class

	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))
	
feature -- Element change

	force (a_array: SPECIAL [G]; v: G; i: INTEGER_32)
			-- If i is equal to a_array.count increase a_array.count
			-- by one and insert v at index a_array.count,
			-- otherwise replace i-th item by v.
		require
			a_array_not_void: a_array /= Void
			i_large_enough: i >= 0
			i_small_enough: i < a_array.capacity
			not_full: i = a_array.count implies a_array.count < a_array.capacity
		ensure
			instance_free: class

	keep_head (an_array: SPECIAL [G]; n: INTEGER_32; a_old_count: INTEGER_32)
			-- Keep the first n entries of an_array.
		require
			non_negative_argument: n >= 0
			less_than_count: n <= a_old_count
			valid_old_count: a_old_count <= an_array.capacity
		ensure
			instance_free: class
			kept: across
					0 |..| (n - 1) as i
				all
					{KL_TYPE [G]}.same_objects (an_array.item (i.item), (old an_array.twin).item (i.item))
				end
	
feature -- Resizing

	aliased_resized_area (an_array: SPECIAL [G]; n: INTEGER_32): SPECIAL [G]
			-- Try to resize an_array so that it can contain n items.
			-- Do not lose any previously entered items.
			-- Note: the returned special object might be an_array
			-- or a newly created special object where items from
			-- an_array have been copied to.
		require
			an_array_not_void: an_array /= Void
			n_large_enough: n >= an_array.capacity
		ensure
			instance_free: class
			special_not_void: Result /= Void
			count_set: Result.capacity = n
			preserved: across
					0 |..| (n.min (old an_array.count) - 1) as i
				all
					{KL_TYPE [G]}.same_objects (Result.item (i.item), (old an_array.twin).item (i.item))
				end

	aliased_resized_area_with_default (an_array: SPECIAL [G]; a_default_value: G; n: INTEGER_32): SPECIAL [G]
			-- Try to resize an_array with a count of n, if not
			-- possible a new copy. Non yet initialized entries are set to a_default_value.
		require
			an_array_not_void: an_array /= Void
			n_large_enough: n >= an_array.capacity
		ensure
			instance_free: class
			special_not_void: Result /= Void
			new_count: Result.count = n
			new_capacity: Result.capacity = n
			preserved: across
					0 |..| (n.min (old an_array.count) - 1) as i
				all
					{KL_TYPE [G]}.same_objects (Result.item (i.item), (old an_array.twin).item (i.item))
				end
	
feature -- Conversion

	to_special (an_array: ARRAY [G]): SPECIAL [G]
			-- Fixed array filled with items from an_array.
			-- The fixed array and an_array may share
			-- internal data and/or an_array may be altered.
			-- Use make_from_array if this is a concern.
		require
			an_array_not_void: an_array /= Void
		ensure
			instance_free: class
			special_not_void: Result /= Void
			count_set: Result.count >= an_array.count
			same_items: across
					0 |..| (an_array.count - 1) as i
				all
					{KL_TYPE [G]}.same_objects (Result.item (i.item), an_array.item (an_array.lower + i.item))
				end
	
feature -- Duplication

	copy (other: KL_SPECIAL_ROUTINES [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: KL_SPECIAL_ROUTINES [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: KL_SPECIAL_ROUTINES [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: KL_SPECIAL_ROUTINES [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: KL_SPECIAL_ROUTINES [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: KL_SPECIAL_ROUTINES [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

	frozen default: detachable KL_SPECIAL_ROUTINES [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
	
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 KL_SPECIAL_ROUTINES

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