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    	description: "Fixed character array for WEL_STRUCTURE. Used internally by WEL.  useful to protect character arrays within an external call"
    	legal: "See notice at end of class."
    	status: "See notice at end of class."
    	date: "$Date: 2006-04-01 11:12:40 -0800 (Sat, 01 Apr 2006) $"
    	revision: "$Revision: 57986 $"

    class interface
    	WEL_CHARACTER_ARRAY

    create
    	make (an_array: ARRAY [CHARACTER_8])
    			-- Create a fixed character array
    			-- from an existing standard character array.
    		require
    			an_array_not_void: an_array /= Void
    		ensure
    			set: to_array (an_array.lower).is_equal (an_array)

    feature -- Access

    	generating_type: STRING_8
    			-- Name of current object's generating type
    			-- (type of which it is a direct instance)
    			-- (from ANY)

    	generator: STRING_8
    			-- Name of current object's generating class
    			-- (base class of the type of which it is a direct instance)
    			-- (from ANY)

    	item: POINTER
    			-- Generic Windows handle or structure pointer.
    			-- Can be a HWND, HICON, RECT *, WNDCLASS *, etc...
    			-- (from WEL_ANY)

    feature -- Measurement

    	count: INTEGER_32
    			-- Number of items in the array

    	structure_size: INTEGER_32
    			-- Size of the array (in bytes)
    		ensure -- from WEL_STRUCTURE
    			positive_result: Result > 0

    feature -- Comparison

    	frozen deep_equal (some: ANY; other: like arg #1): BOOLEAN
    			-- Are `some' and `other' either both void
    			-- or attached to isomorphic object structures?
    			-- (from ANY)
    		ensure -- from ANY
    			shallow_implies_deep: standard_equal (some, other) implies Result
    			both_or_none_void: (some = Void) implies (Result = (other = Void))
    			same_type: (Result and (some /= Void)) implies some.same_type (other)
    			symmetric: Result implies deep_equal (other, some)

    	frozen equal (some: ANY; other: like arg #1): BOOLEAN
    			-- Are `some' and `other' either both void or attached
    			-- to objects considered equal?
    			-- (from ANY)
    		ensure -- from ANY
    			definition: Result = (some = Void and other = Void) or else ((some /= Void and other /= Void) and then some.is_equal (other))

    	frozen standard_equal (some: ANY; other: like arg #1): BOOLEAN
    			-- Are `some' and `other' 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
    			definition: Result = (some = Void and other = Void) or else ((some /= Void and other /= Void) and then some.standard_is_equal (other))

    	frozen standard_is_equal (other: like Current): 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

    	exists: BOOLEAN
    			-- Does the item exist?
    			-- (from WEL_ANY)
    		ensure -- from WEL_ANY
    			Result = (item /= default_pointer)

    	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))

    	shared: BOOLEAN
    			-- Is item shared by another object?
    			-- If False (by default), item will
    			-- be destroyed by destroy_item.
    			-- If True, item will not be destroyed.
    			-- (from WEL_ANY)

    feature -- Status setting

    	set_shared
    			-- Set shared to True.
    			-- (from WEL_ANY)
    		ensure -- from WEL_ANY
    			shared: shared

    	set_unshared
    			-- Set shared to False.
    			-- (from WEL_ANY)
    		ensure -- from WEL_ANY
    			unshared: not shared

    feature -- Element change

    	set_item (an_item: POINTER)
    			-- Set item with `an_item'
    			-- (from WEL_ANY)
    		ensure -- from WEL_ANY
    			item_set: item = an_item

    feature -- Removal

    	dispose
    			-- Destroy the inner structure of `Current'.
    			--
    			-- This function should be called by the GC when the
    			-- object is collected or by the user if `Current' is
    			-- no more usefull.
    			-- (from WEL_ANY)

    feature -- Conversion

    	to_array (a_lower: INTEGER_32): ARRAY [CHARACTER_8]
    			-- Eiffel array
    		ensure
    			array_not_void: Result /= Void
    			lower_set: Result.lower = a_lower
    			count_set: Result.count = count

    feature -- Duplication

    	frozen deep_copy (other: like Current)
    			-- 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: like Current
    			-- New object structure recursively duplicated from Current.
    			-- (from ANY)
    		ensure -- from ANY
    			deep_equal: deep_equal (Current, Result)

    	frozen standard_copy (other: like Current)
    			-- 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: like Current
    			-- 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: like Current
    			-- New object equal to `Current'
    			-- twin calls copy; to change copying/twining semantics, redefine copy.
    			-- (from ANY)
    		ensure -- from ANY
    			twin_not_void: Result /= Void
    			is_equal: Result.is_equal (Current)

    feature -- Basic operations

    	copy (other: like Current)
    			-- Update current object using fields of object attached
    			-- to `other', so as to yield equal objects.
    			-- (from WEL_STRUCTURE)
    		require -- from ANY
    			other_not_void: other /= Void
    			type_identity: same_type (other)
    		ensure -- from ANY
    			is_equal: is_equal (other)

    	frozen default: like Current
    			-- 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)

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

    	frozen do_nothing
    			-- Execute a null action.
    			-- (from ANY)

    	initialize
    			-- Fill Current with zeros.
    			-- (from WEL_STRUCTURE)
    		require -- from WEL_STRUCTURE
    			exists: exists

    	initialize_with_character (a_character: CHARACTER_8)
    			-- Fill current with `a_character'.
    			-- (from WEL_STRUCTURE)
    		require -- from WEL_STRUCTURE
    			exists: exists

    	is_equal (other: like Current): BOOLEAN
    			-- Is `other' attached to an object considered
    			-- equal to current object?
    			-- (from WEL_STRUCTURE)
    		require -- from ANY
    			other_not_void: other /= Void
    		ensure -- from ANY
    			symmetric: Result implies other.is_equal (Current)
    			consistent: standard_is_equal (other) implies Result

    	memory_copy (source_pointer: POINTER; length: INTEGER_32)
    			-- Copy `length' bytes from `source_pointer' to item.
    			-- (from WEL_STRUCTURE)
    		require -- from WEL_STRUCTURE
    			length_small_enough: length <= structure_size
    			length_large_enough: length > 0
    			exists: exists

    feature -- Output

    	io: STD_FILES
    			-- Handle to standard file setup
    			-- (from ANY)

    	out: STRING_8
    			-- New string containing terse printable representation
    			-- of current object
    			-- Was declared in ANY as synonym of tagged_out.
    			-- (from ANY)

    	print (some: ANY)
    			-- Write terse external representation of `some'
    			-- on standard output.
    			-- (from ANY)

    	frozen tagged_out: STRING_8
    			-- New string containing terse printable representation
    			-- of current object
    			-- Was declared in ANY as synonym of out.
    			-- (from ANY)

    feature -- Platform

    	operating_environment: OPERATING_ENVIRONMENT
    			-- Objects available from the operating system
    			-- (from ANY)

    invariant
    	positive_count: count >= 0

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

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    	copyright: "Copyright (c) 1984-2006, Eiffel Software and others"
    	license: "Eiffel Forum License v2 (see http://www.eiffel.com/licensing/forum.txt)"
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    	]"

    end -- class WEL_CHARACTER_ARRAY