note
	description: "Objects identified, uniquely during any session, by an integer"
	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
	IDENTIFIED

create 
	default_create

feature -- Access

	frozen object_id: INTEGER_32
			-- Unique for current object in any given session
		ensure
			valid_id: Result > 0 implies id_object (Result) = Current

	frozen id_object (an_id: INTEGER_32): detachable IDENTIFIED
			-- Object associated with an_id (void if no such object)
		ensure
			consistent: Result = Void or else Result.object_id = an_id
	
feature -- Status report

	frozen id_freed: BOOLEAN
			-- Has Current been removed from the table?
	
feature -- Removal

	frozen free_id
			-- Free the entry associated with object_id if any.
		ensure
			object_freed: id_freed
	
feature -- Comparison

	is_equal (other: like Current): BOOLEAN
			-- Is other attached to an object considered
			-- equal to current object?
	
feature -- Duplication

	copy (other: like Current)
			-- Update current object using fields of object attached
			-- to other, so as to yield equal objects.
	
feature -- Removal

	dispose
			-- Free the entry associated with object_id if any
		ensure then
			object_freed: id_freed
	
note
	copyright: "Copyright (c) 1984-2017, Eiffel Software and others"
	license: "Eiffel Forum License v2 (see http://www.eiffel.com/licensing/forum.txt)"
	source: "[
		Eiffel Software
		5949 Hollister Ave., Goleta, CA 93117 USA
		Telephone 805-685-1006, Fax 805-685-6869
		Website http://www.eiffel.com
		Customer support http://support.eiffel.com
	]"

end -- class IDENTIFIED

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