note
	description: "Representation of an Eiffel type."
	library: "Free implementation of ELKS library"
	status: "See notice at end of class."
	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	date: "$Date: 2020-05-19 14:32:38 +0000 (Tue, 19 May 2020) $"
	revision: "$Revision: 104260 $"

frozen class interface
	TYPE [G]

create {NONE}
convert
	to_string_8: {STRING_8,
		READABLE_STRING_8},
	to_string_32: {STRING_32,
		READABLE_STRING_32,
		STRING_GENERAL,
		READABLE_STRING_GENERAL}

feature -- Access

	generating_type: TYPE [detachable TYPE [G]]
			-- 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

	generic_parameter_type (i: INTEGER_32): TYPE [detachable ANY]
			-- i-th generic parameter of Eiffel type represented by Current
		require
			i_large_enough: i >= 1
			i_small_enough: i <= generic_parameter_count
		ensure
			generic_parameter_not_void: Result /= Void

	hash_code: INTEGER_32
			-- Hash code value
		ensure -- from HASHABLE
			good_hash_value: Result >= 0

	name: IMMUTABLE_STRING_8
			-- Name of Eiffel type represented by Current, using Eiffel style guidelines
			-- as specified in OOSC2 (e.g. COMPARABLE, HASH_TABLE [FOO, BAR], ...)
			-- Consider using name_32 instead.
		ensure
			name_not_void: Result /= Void

	name_32: IMMUTABLE_STRING_32
			-- Name of Eiffel type represented by Current, using Eiffel style guidelines
			-- as specified in OOSC2 (e.g. COMPARABLE, HASH_TABLE [FOO, BAR], ...)
		ensure
			name_32_attached: attached Result

	type_id: INTEGER_32
			-- Id of the Eiffel type represented by Current
		ensure
			type_id_not_negative: Result >= 0
	
feature -- Measurement

	generic_parameter_count: INTEGER_32
			-- Number of generic parameters in Eiffel type represented by Current
		ensure
			generic_parameter_count_not_negative: Result >= 0
	
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))

	is_conforming_to alias "<=" (other: like Current): BOOLEAN
			-- Does type represented by Current conform to type represented by other?
		require -- from PART_COMPARABLE
			other_exists: other /= Void

	frozen is_deep_equal alias "≡≡≡" (other: TYPE [G]): 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: like Current): BOOLEAN
			-- Is other attached to an object considered
			-- equal to current object?
		require -- from ANY
			other_not_void: other /= Void
		ensure -- from ANY
			symmetric: Result implies other ~ Current
			consistent: standard_is_equal (other) implies Result

	is_greater alias ">" (other: TYPE [G]): BOOLEAN
			-- Is current object greater than other?
			-- (from PART_COMPARABLE)
		require -- from PART_COMPARABLE
			other_exists: other /= Void

	is_greater_equal alias ">=" alias "" (other: TYPE [G]): BOOLEAN
			-- Is current object greater than or equal to other?
			-- (from PART_COMPARABLE)
		require -- from PART_COMPARABLE
			other_exists: other /= Void

	is_strictly_conforming_to alias "<" (other: like Current): BOOLEAN
			-- Does type represented by Current conform to type represented by other and differ from it?
		require -- from PART_COMPARABLE
			other_exists: other /= Void

	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: TYPE [G]): 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

	has_default: BOOLEAN
			-- Is current type a type that has a default value?
			-- I.e. a detachable type or an expanded type.

	is_attached: BOOLEAN
			-- Is current type attached?

	is_deferred: BOOLEAN
			-- Is current type a deferred type?

	is_expanded: BOOLEAN
			-- Is current type an expanded type?

	is_hashable: BOOLEAN
			-- May current object be hashed?
			-- (True by default.)
			-- (from HASHABLE)

	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 -- Conversion

	adapt alias "[]" (g: detachable G): detachable G
			-- Adapts g or calls necessary conversion routine to adapt g
		ensure
			adapted: Result ~ g

	attempted alias "/" (obj: detachable separate ANY): detachable G
			-- If possible, obj understood as an object of type G;
			-- If not, default detachable value of type G..
		ensure
			assigned_or_void: Result = obj or Result = default_detachable_value

	default: G
		require
			has_default: has_default

	default_detachable_value: detachable G
	
feature -- Duplication

	copy (other: TYPE [G])
			-- 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: TYPE [G])
			-- 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: TYPE [G]
			-- 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: TYPE [G])
			-- 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: TYPE [G]
			-- 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: TYPE [G]
			-- 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 any_default: detachable TYPE [G]
			-- 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 -- Output

	debug_output: READABLE_STRING_32
			-- String that should be displayed in debugger to represent Current.
		ensure -- from DEBUG_OUTPUT
			result_not_void: Result /= Void

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

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
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		Telephone 805-685-1006, Fax 805-685-6869
		Website http://www.eiffel.com
		Customer support http://support.eiffel.com
	]"

end -- class TYPE

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