    deferred class
    	WEL_STRUCTURE

    General
    	cluster: wel
    	description: "Abstract notions of a Windows data structure."

    Ancestors
    	WEL_ANY*

    Queries
    	exists: BOOLEAN
    	is_equal (other: [like Current] WEL_STRUCTURE): BOOLEAN
    	item: POINTER
    	shared: BOOLEAN
    	structure_size: INTEGER_32

    Commands
    	copy (other: [like Current] WEL_STRUCTURE)
    	dispose
    	initialize
    	initialize_with_character (a_character: CHARACTER_8)
    	memory_copy (source_pointer: POINTER; length: INTEGER_32)
    	set_item (an_item: POINTER)
    	set_shared
    	set_unshared