note
	description: "Finite structures whose item count is subject to change"
	library: "Free implementation of ELKS library"
	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class."
	names: storage
	size: resizable
	date: "$Date: 2012-07-23 21:02:19 +0000 (Mon, 23 Jul 2012) $"
	revision: "$Revision: 91989 $"

deferred class interface
	RESIZABLE [G]

feature -- Measurement

	Growth_percentage: INTEGER_32 = 50
			-- Percentage by which structure will grow automatically

	Minimal_increase: INTEGER_32 = 5
			-- Minimal number of additional items

	additional_space: INTEGER_32
			-- Proposed number of additional items
		ensure
			at_least_one: Result >= 1
	
feature -- Status report

	resizable: BOOLEAN
			-- May capacity be changed? (Answer: yes.)
	
feature -- Resizing

	automatic_grow
			-- Change the capacity to accommodate at least
			-- Growth_percentage more items.
		require
			resizable: resizable
		ensure
			increased_capacity: capacity >= old capacity + old additional_space

	grow (i: INTEGER_32)
			-- Ensure that capacity is at least i.
		require
			resizable: resizable
		ensure
			new_capacity: capacity >= i

	trim
			-- Decrease capacity to the minimum value.
			-- Apply to reduce allocated storage.
		ensure
			same_count: count = old count
			minimal_capacity: capacity = count
	
invariant
	increase_by_at_least_one: Minimal_increase >= 1

note
	copyright: "Copyright (c) 1984-2012, Eiffel Software and others"
	license: "Eiffel Forum License v2 (see http://www.eiffel.com/licensing/forum.txt)"
	source: "[
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end -- class RESIZABLE

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