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	description: "Platform independent abstraction of a shared library"
	status: "See notice at end of class"
	date: "$Date$"
	revision: "$Revision$"

deferred class interface
	SHARED_LIBRARY

feature -- Access

	library_name: STRING
			-- Name of shared library

	T_array: INTEGER is 0
			-- (from SHARED_LIBRARY_CONSTANTS)

	T_boolean: INTEGER is 1
			-- (from SHARED_LIBRARY_CONSTANTS)

	T_character: INTEGER is 2
			-- (from SHARED_LIBRARY_CONSTANTS)

	T_double: INTEGER is 3
			-- (from SHARED_LIBRARY_CONSTANTS)

	T_integer: INTEGER is 4
			-- (from SHARED_LIBRARY_CONSTANTS)

	T_no_type: INTEGER is 10
			-- (from SHARED_LIBRARY_CONSTANTS)

	T_pointer: INTEGER is 5
			-- (from SHARED_LIBRARY_CONSTANTS)

	T_real: INTEGER is 6
			-- (from SHARED_LIBRARY_CONSTANTS)

	T_reference: INTEGER is 7
			-- (from SHARED_LIBRARY_CONSTANTS)

	T_short_integer: INTEGER is 8
			-- (from SHARED_LIBRARY_CONSTANTS)

	T_string: INTEGER is 9
			-- (from SHARED_LIBRARY_CONSTANTS)
	
feature -- Status report

	error_code: INTEGER
			-- Current status of the library

	Library_freed: INTEGER is 3
			-- (from SHARED_LIBRARY_CONSTANTS)

	meaningful: BOOLEAN
			-- Is the library currently loaded?

	No_error: INTEGER is 0
			-- (from SHARED_LIBRARY_CONSTANTS)

	No_library: INTEGER is 1
			-- (from SHARED_LIBRARY_CONSTANTS)

	No_routine: INTEGER is 2
			-- (from SHARED_LIBRARY_CONSTANTS)
	
invariant

	meaningful_definition: meaningful = (error_code = no_error)
		-- from ANY
	reflexive_equality: standard_is_equal (Current)
	reflexive_conformance: conforms_to (Current)

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	library: "[
			EiffelBase: Library of reusable components for Eiffel.
	]"
	status: "[
			Copyright 1986-2001 Interactive Software Engineering (ISE).
			For ISE customers the original versions are an ISE product
			covered by the ISE Eiffel license and support agreements.
	]"
	license: "[
			EiffelBase may now be used by anyone as FREE SOFTWARE to
			develop any product, public-domain or commercial, without
			payment to ISE, under the terms of the ISE Free Eiffel Library
			License (IFELL) at http://eiffel.com/products/base/license.html.
	]"
	source: "[
			Interactive Software Engineering Inc.
			ISE Building
			360 Storke Road, Goleta, CA 93117 USA
			Telephone 805-685-1006, Fax 805-685-6869
			Electronic mail <info@eiffel.com>
			Customer support http://support.eiffel.com
	]"
	info: "[
			For latest info see award-winning pages: http://eiffel.com
	]"

end -- class SHARED_LIBRARY