note
	description: "[
		Encoding of arbitrary objects graphs between different version of
		programs containing types that might have changed and for which the
		retrieving system may know how to fix the mismatches.
	]"
	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class."
	date: "$Date: 2020-05-19 14:29:33 +0000 (Tue, 19 May 2020) $"
	revision: "$Revision: 104259 $"

class interface
	SED_RECOVERABLE_SERIALIZER

create 
	make (a_serializer: SED_READER_WRITER)
			-- Initialize current instance
			-- (from SED_SESSION_SERIALIZER)
		require -- from SED_SESSION_SERIALIZER
			a_serializer_not_void: a_serializer /= Void
			a_serializer_ready: a_serializer.is_ready_for_writing
		ensure -- from SED_SESSION_SERIALIZER
			serializer_set: serializer = a_serializer

feature -- Access

	generating_type: TYPE [detachable SED_RECOVERABLE_SERIALIZER]
			-- 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

	root_object: detachable ANY
			-- Root object of object graph
			-- (from SED_SESSION_SERIALIZER)

	serializer: SED_READER_WRITER
			-- Serializer used to encode data
			-- (from SED_SESSION_SERIALIZER)
	
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: SED_RECOVERABLE_SERIALIZER): 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: SED_RECOVERABLE_SERIALIZER): 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: SED_RECOVERABLE_SERIALIZER): 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

	is_root_object_set: BOOLEAN
			-- Is root object of object graph set?
			-- (from SED_SESSION_SERIALIZER)

	is_traversing_mode_set: BOOLEAN
			-- Is traversing mode set?
			-- (from SED_SESSION_SERIALIZER)

	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 -- Element change

	set_breadth_first_traversing_mode
			-- Change graph traversing to breadth first.
			-- (from SED_SESSION_SERIALIZER)
		ensure -- from SED_SESSION_SERIALIZER
			traversing_mode_set: is_traversing_mode_set
			breadth_first_mode: attached {OBJECT_GRAPH_BREADTH_FIRST_TRAVERSABLE} traversable

	set_depth_first_traversing_mode
			-- Change graph traversing to depth first.
			-- (from SED_SESSION_SERIALIZER)
		ensure -- from SED_SESSION_SERIALIZER
			traversing_mode_set: is_traversing_mode_set
			depth_first_mode: attached {OBJECT_GRAPH_DEPTH_FIRST_TRAVERSABLE} traversable

	set_root_object (an_object: like root_object)
			-- Make 'an_object' the root_object.
			-- (from SED_SESSION_SERIALIZER)
		require -- from SED_SESSION_SERIALIZER
			an_object_not_void: an_object /= Void
			traversing_mode_set: is_traversing_mode_set
		ensure -- from SED_SESSION_SERIALIZER
			root_object_set: root_object = an_object and is_root_object_set
			root_object_identity: root_object = traversable.root_object

	set_serializer (a_serializer: like serializer)
			-- Set serializer with a_serializer.
			-- (from SED_SESSION_SERIALIZER)
		require -- from SED_SESSION_SERIALIZER
			a_serializer_not_void: a_serializer /= Void
			a_serializer_ready: a_serializer.is_ready_for_writing
		ensure -- from SED_SESSION_SERIALIZER
			serializer_set: serializer = a_serializer
	
feature -- Duplication

	copy (other: SED_RECOVERABLE_SERIALIZER)
			-- 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: SED_RECOVERABLE_SERIALIZER)
			-- 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: SED_RECOVERABLE_SERIALIZER
			-- 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: SED_RECOVERABLE_SERIALIZER)
			-- 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: SED_RECOVERABLE_SERIALIZER
			-- 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: SED_RECOVERABLE_SERIALIZER
			-- 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 SED_RECOVERABLE_SERIALIZER
			-- 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

	frozen encode
			-- Encode object graph starting with the root object.
			-- (from SED_SESSION_SERIALIZER)
		require -- from SED_SESSION_SERIALIZER
			traversing_mode_set: is_traversing_mode_set
			root_object_set: is_root_object_set
	
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
		-- from SED_SESSION_SERIALIZER
	reflector_not_void: reflector /= Void
	reflected_object_not_void: reflected_object /= Void
	traversable_not_void: traversable /= Void
	serializer_not_void: serializer /= Void
	object_indexes_not_void: object_indexes /= Void

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

note
	library: "EiffelBase: Library of reusable components for Eiffel."
	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 SED_RECOVERABLE_SERIALIZER

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