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	description: "[
		A base class for all Eiffel classes that have the correspondig C++ counterparts
	]"

	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class."
	date: "$Date$"
	revision: "$Revision$"

deferred class

	EGS_EXTERNAL_CPP_OBJECT

inherit

	DISPOSABLE
		redefine
			dispose
		end

feature -- Initialization

	make_from_external (an_object_ptr: POINTER) is
		require
			an_object_ptr_not_null: an_object_ptr /= default_pointer
		do
			object_ptr := an_object_ptr
		end

feature -- Removal

	dispose is
			-- Delete C++ object.
		do
			if object_ptr /= default_pointer then
				cpp_delete (object_ptr)
				object_ptr := default_pointer
			end
		end

feature

	object_ptr: POINTER
		-- Pointer to the corresponding C++ object

feature {NONE} -- externals

	cpp_delete (obj_ptr: POINTER) is
		require
			obj_ptr_not_null: obj_ptr /= default_pointer
		deferred
		end

feature {EGS_EXTERNAL_CPP_OBJECT} -- Implementation

	set_object_ptr (an_object_ptr: POINTER) is
		do
			object_ptr := an_object_ptr
		end

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	library:	"egigs-cpp: Library for accessing the GigaSpaces platform, POCO library based implementation."
	copyright:	"Copyright (c) 2008, Eiffel Software and others"
	license:	"Eiffel Forum License v2 (see http://www.eiffel.com/licensing/forum.txt)"
	source: "[
			 Eiffel Software
			 356 Storke Road, Goleta, CA 93117 USA
			 Telephone 805-685-1006, Fax 805-685-6869
			 Website http://www.eiffel.com
			 Customer support http://support.eiffel.com
		]"

end