note
	description: "Date/Time Measurement"
	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class."
	date: "$Date: 2009-01-01 12:38:30 +0000 (Thu, 01 Jan 2009) $"
	revision: "$Revision: 76534 $"

deferred class interface
	DATE_TIME_MEASUREMENT

feature -- Access

	date: DATE_MEASUREMENT
			-- Date corresponding to current object

	date_default_format_string: STRING_8
			-- Default output format for dates
			-- (from DATE_CONSTANTS)

	Date_time_tools: DATE_TIME_TOOLS
			-- Tools for outputting dates and times in different formats
			-- (from TIME_UTILITY)

	day: INTEGER_32
			-- Day of the current object
		ensure
			same_day: Result = date.day

	days_in_i_th_month (i, y: INTEGER_32): INTEGER_32
			-- Number of days in the i th month at year y
			-- (from DATE_CONSTANTS)
		require -- from DATE_CONSTANTS
			i_large_enough: i >= 1
			i_small_enough: i <= Months_in_year

	Days_in_leap_year: INTEGER_32 = 366
			-- Number of days in a leap year
			-- (from DATE_CONSTANTS)

	Days_in_non_leap_year: INTEGER_32 = 365
			-- Number of days in a non-leap year
			-- (from DATE_CONSTANTS)

	Days_in_week: INTEGER_32 = 7
			-- Number of days in a week
			-- (from DATE_CONSTANTS)

	days_text: ARRAY [STRING_8]
			-- Short text representation of days
			-- (from DATE_CONSTANTS)

	default_format_string: STRING_8
			-- Default output format string
			-- (from TIME_UTILITY)

	fine_second: REAL_64
			-- Representation of second with decimals
		ensure
			same_fine_second: Result = time.fine_second

	generating_type: TYPE [detachable DATE_TIME_MEASUREMENT]
			-- 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

	hour: INTEGER_32
			-- Hour of the current object
		ensure
			same_hour: Result = time.hour

	Hours_in_day: INTEGER_32 = 24
			-- Number of hours in a day
			-- (from TIME_CONSTANTS)

	long_days_text: ARRAY [STRING_8]
			-- Long text representation of days
			-- (from DATE_CONSTANTS)

	long_months_text: ARRAY [STRING_8]
			-- Long text representation of months
			-- (from DATE_CONSTANTS)

	Max_weeks_in_year: INTEGER_32 = 53
			-- Maximun number of weeks in a year
			-- (from DATE_CONSTANTS)

	minute: INTEGER_32
			-- Minute of the current object
		ensure
			same_minute: Result = time.minute

	Minutes_in_hour: INTEGER_32 = 60
			-- Number of minutes in an hour
			-- (from TIME_CONSTANTS)

	month: INTEGER_32
			-- Month of the current object
		ensure
			same_month: Result = date.month

	Months_in_year: INTEGER_32 = 12
			-- Number of months in year
			-- (from DATE_CONSTANTS)

	months_text: ARRAY [STRING_8]
			-- Short text representation of months
			-- (from DATE_CONSTANTS)

	second: INTEGER_32
			-- Second of the current object
		ensure
			same_second: Result = time.second

	Seconds_in_day: INTEGER_32 = 86400
			-- Number of seconds in an hour
			-- (from TIME_CONSTANTS)

	Seconds_in_hour: INTEGER_32 = 3600
			-- Number of seconds in an hour
			-- (from TIME_CONSTANTS)

	Seconds_in_minute: INTEGER_32 = 60
			-- Number of seconds in a minute
			-- (from TIME_CONSTANTS)

	time: TIME_MEASUREMENT
			-- Time corresponding to current object

	time_default_format_string: STRING_8
			-- Default output format for times
			-- (from TIME_CONSTANTS)

	year: INTEGER_32
			-- Year of the current object
		ensure
			same_year: Result = date.year
	
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: DATE_TIME_MEASUREMENT): 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: DATE_TIME_MEASUREMENT): 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: DATE_TIME_MEASUREMENT): 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

	is_leap_year (y: INTEGER_32): BOOLEAN
			-- Is year y a leap year?
			-- (from DATE_CONSTANTS)

	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 -- Duplication

	copy (other: DATE_TIME_MEASUREMENT)
			-- 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: DATE_TIME_MEASUREMENT)
			-- 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: DATE_TIME_MEASUREMENT
			-- 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: DATE_TIME_MEASUREMENT)
			-- 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: DATE_TIME_MEASUREMENT
			-- 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: DATE_TIME_MEASUREMENT
			-- 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 DATE_TIME_MEASUREMENT
			-- 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
	date_exists: date /= Void
	time_exists: time /= Void

		-- from ANY
	reflexive_equality: standard_is_equal (Current)
	reflexive_conformance: conforms_to (Current)

note
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	license: "Eiffel Forum License v2 (see http://www.eiffel.com/licensing/forum.txt)"
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end -- class DATE_TIME_MEASUREMENT

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