note
	description: "[
		Subsets with the associated operations,
		without commitment to a particular representation
	]"
	library: "Free implementation of ELKS library"
	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class."
	names: subset, set
	access: membership
	contents: generic
	date: "$Date: 2020-02-18 09:43:52 +0000 (Tue, 18 Feb 2020) $"
	revision: "$Revision: 103939 $"

deferred class interface
	SUBSET [G]

feature -- Comparison

	is_subset alias "⊆" (other: SUBSET [G]): BOOLEAN
			-- Is current set a subset of other?
		require
			set_exists: other /= Void
			same_rule: object_comparison = other.object_comparison

	is_superset alias "⊇" (other: SUBSET [G]): BOOLEAN
			-- Is current set a superset of other?
		require
			set_exists: other /= Void
			same_rule: object_comparison = other.object_comparison

	disjoint (other: SUBSET [G]): BOOLEAN
			-- Do current set and other have no items in common?
			-- (This feature is redefined in all descendants. The default
			-- implementation given here is only to stay backward-compatible
			-- with older versions of EiffelBase.)
		require
			set_exists: other /= Void
			same_rule: object_comparison = other.object_comparison
	
feature -- Element change

	merge (other: CONTAINER [G])
			-- Add all items of other.
		require
			set_exists: other /= Void
			same_rule: object_comparison = other.object_comparison
	
feature -- Basic operations

	intersect (other: SUBSET [G])
			-- Remove all items not in other.
		require
			set_exists: other /= Void
			same_rule: object_comparison = other.object_comparison
		ensure
			is_subset_other: is_subset (other)

	subtract (other: SUBSET [G])
			-- Remove all items also in other.
		require
			set_exists: other /= Void
			same_rule: object_comparison = other.object_comparison
		ensure
			is_disjoint: disjoint (other)

	symdif (other: SUBSET [G])
			-- Remove all items also in other, and add all
			-- items of other not already present.
			-- (This feature is redefined in all descendants. The default
			-- implementation given here is only to stay backward-compatible
			-- with older versions of EiffelBase.)
		require
			set_exists: other /= Void
			same_rule: object_comparison = other.object_comparison
	
note
	copyright: "Copyright (c) 1984-2020, 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 SUBSET

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