note
	description: "Directories, in the Unix sense, with creation and exploration features"
	library: "Free implementation of ELKS library"
	status: "See notice at end of class."
	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	date: "$Date: 2017-03-23 19:18:26 +0000 (Thu, 23 Mar 2017) $"
	revision: "$Revision: 100033 $"

class interface
	DIRECTORY

create 
	make (dn: READABLE_STRING_GENERAL)
			-- Create directory object for directory
			-- of name dn.
		require
			string_exists: dn /= Void
		ensure
			name_set: internal_name = dn

	make_with_path (a_path: PATH)
			-- Create file object with a_path as path.
		require
			a_path_attached: a_path /= Void

	make_with_name (dn: READABLE_STRING_GENERAL)
			-- Create directory object for directory
			-- of name dn.
		require
			string_exists: dn /= Void
		ensure
			name_set: internal_name = dn

	make_open_read (dn: READABLE_STRING_GENERAL)
			-- Create directory object for directory
			-- of name dn and open it for reading.
		require
			string_exists: dn /= Void
		ensure
			name_set: internal_name = dn

feature -- Initialization

	make (dn: READABLE_STRING_GENERAL)
			-- Create directory object for directory
			-- of name dn.
		require
			string_exists: dn /= Void
		ensure
			name_set: internal_name = dn

	make_open_read (dn: READABLE_STRING_GENERAL)
			-- Create directory object for directory
			-- of name dn and open it for reading.
		require
			string_exists: dn /= Void
		ensure
			name_set: internal_name = dn

	make_with_name (dn: READABLE_STRING_GENERAL)
			-- Create directory object for directory
			-- of name dn.
		require
			string_exists: dn /= Void
		ensure
			name_set: internal_name = dn

	make_with_path (a_path: PATH)
			-- Create file object with a_path as path.
		require
			a_path_attached: a_path /= Void
	
feature -- Access

	change_name (new_name: READABLE_STRING_GENERAL)
			-- Change directory name to new_name.
		require
			new_name_not_void: new_name /= Void
			directory_exists: exists
		ensure
			name_changed: internal_name = new_name

	close
			-- Close directory.
		require
			is_open: not is_closed

	generating_type: TYPE [detachable DIRECTORY]
			-- 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

	has_entry (entry_name: READABLE_STRING_GENERAL): BOOLEAN
			-- Has directory the entry entry_name?
		require
			string_exists: entry_name /= Void

	open_read
			-- Open directory for reading.

	path: PATH
			-- Associated path of Current.
		ensure
			entry_not_empty: not Result.is_empty

	readentry
			-- Read next directory entry
			-- make result available in lastentry.
			-- Make result Void if all entries have been read.
		require
			is_opened: not is_closed

	rename_path (new_name: PATH)
			-- Change directory name to new_name.
		require
			new_name_not_void: new_name /= Void
			new_name_not_empty: not new_name.is_empty
			file_exists: exists
		ensure
			name_changed: internal_name = new_name.name

	start
			-- Go to first entry of directory.
		require
			is_opened: not is_closed
	
feature -- Measurement

	count: INTEGER_32
			-- Number of entries in directory.
		require
			directory_exists: exists
	
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 alias "≡≡≡" (other: DIRECTORY): 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: DIRECTORY): 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 alias "" (other: DIRECTORY): 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 directory exist?

	is_closed: BOOLEAN
			-- Is current directory closed?

	is_empty: BOOLEAN
			-- Is directory empty?
		require
			directory_exists: exists

	is_executable: BOOLEAN
			-- Is the directory executable?
		require
			directory_exists: exists

	is_readable: BOOLEAN
			-- Is the directory readable?
		require
			directory_exists: exists

	is_writable: BOOLEAN
			-- Is the directory writable?
		require
			directory_exists: exists

	last_entry_32: detachable STRING_32
			-- Last Unicode entry read by readentry if any.

	last_entry_8: detachable STRING_8
			-- Raw byte sequence of the last found entry if this entry cannot be
			-- expressed with Unicode characters. This is useful
			-- when handling a file that is not a valid UTF-8 sequence on Unix.

	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 -- Removal

	delete
			-- Delete directory if empty.
		require
			directory_exists: exists
			empty_directory: is_empty

	delete_content
			-- Delete all files located in current directory and its
			-- subdirectories.
		require
			directory_exists: exists

	delete_content_with_action (action: detachable PROCEDURE [LIST [READABLE_STRING_GENERAL]]; is_cancel_requested: detachable FUNCTION [BOOLEAN]; file_number: INTEGER_32)
			-- Delete all files located in current directory and its
			-- subdirectories.
			--
			-- action is called each time at most file_number files has
			-- been deleted and before the function exits. If a_file_number
			-- is non-positive, action is not called.
			-- action may be set to Void if you don't need it.
			--
			-- Same for is_cancel_requested.
			-- Make it return True to cancel the operation.
			-- is_cancel_requested may be set to Void if you don't need it.
		require
			directory_exists: exists
			valid_file_number: file_number >= 0

	dispose
			-- Ensure this medium is closed when garbage collected.

	recursive_delete
			-- Delete directory, its files and its subdirectories.
		require
			directory_exists: exists

	recursive_delete_with_action (action: detachable PROCEDURE [LIST [READABLE_STRING_GENERAL]]; is_cancel_requested: detachable FUNCTION [BOOLEAN]; file_number: INTEGER_32)
			-- Delete directory, its files and its subdirectories.
			--
			-- action is called each time at most file_number files has
			-- been deleted and before the function exits. If a_file_number
			-- is non-positive, action is not called.
		require
			directory_exists: exists
	
feature -- Conversion

	entries: ARRAYED_LIST [PATH]
			-- Entries (i.e. just the file or directory name) of current directory,
			-- in sequential format, in a platform specific order.

	linear_representation_32: ARRAYED_LIST [STRING_32]
			-- The entries, in sequential format.

	resolved_entries: ARRAYED_LIST [PATH]
			-- Entries of current directory resolved in the context of current directory (i.e. the path
			-- of the current directory appended with the entry) in sequential format, in a platform specific
			-- order.
			-- Compared to entries, it removes the need for callers to build the full path of the entry
			-- using Current.
	
feature -- Duplication

	copy (other: DIRECTORY)
			-- 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: DIRECTORY)
			-- 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: DIRECTORY
			-- 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: DIRECTORY)
			-- 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: DIRECTORY
			-- 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: DIRECTORY
			-- 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 DIRECTORY
			-- 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 -- Creation

	create_dir
			-- Create a physical directory.
		require
			physical_not_exists: not exists

	recursive_create_dir
			-- Create the directory recursively.
			--
			-- Ex: if /temp/ exists but not /temp/test, then trying
			--  to create /temp/test/toto will create /temp/test
			--  and then /temp/test/toto.
		ensure
			physical_exists: exists
	
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
	name_attached: attached internal_name

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

note
	copyright: "Copyright (c) 1984-2017, Eiffel Software and others"
	license: "Eiffel Forum License v2 (see http://www.eiffel.com/licensing/forum.txt)"
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end -- class DIRECTORY

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