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	description: "Sets whose items may be compared according to a total order relation"
	status: "See notice at end of class"
	names: comparable_set, comparable_struct
	access: membership, min, max
	contents: generic
	date: "$Date$"
	revision: "$Revision$"

deferred class interface
	COMPARABLE_SET [G -> COMPARABLE]

feature -- Access

	has (v: like item): BOOLEAN
			-- Does structure include an occurrence of v?
			-- (Reference or object equality,
			-- based on object_comparison.)
			-- (from LINEAR)
		ensure -- from CONTAINER
			not_found_in_empty: Result implies not is_empty

feature -- Measurement

	count: INTEGER
			-- Number of items
			-- (from SET)

	max: G
			-- Maximum item
		require
			not_empty: not is_empty

	min: G
			-- Minimum item
		require
			not_empty: not is_empty

feature -- 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.)
			-- (from SUBSET)
		require -- from SUBSET
			set_exists: other /= void
			same_rule: object_comparison = other.object_comparison

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

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

feature -- Status report

	extendible: BOOLEAN
			-- May new items be added?
			-- (from COLLECTION)

	is_empty: BOOLEAN
			-- Is there no element?
			-- (from CONTAINER)

	is_inserted (v: G): BOOLEAN
			-- Has v been inserted by the most recent insertion?
			-- (By default, the value returned is equivalent to calling
			-- `has (v)'. However, descendants might be able to provide more
			-- efficient implementations.)
			-- (from COLLECTION)

	object_comparison: BOOLEAN
			-- Must search operations use equal rather than =
			-- for comparing references? (Default: no, use =.)
			-- (from CONTAINER)

	prunable: BOOLEAN
			-- May items be removed?
			-- (from COLLECTION)

feature -- Status setting

	compare_objects
			-- Ensure that future search operations will use equal
			-- rather than = for comparing references.
			-- (from CONTAINER)
		require -- from CONTAINER
			changeable_comparison_criterion
		ensure -- from CONTAINER
			object_comparison

	compare_references
			-- Ensure that future search operations will use =
			-- rather than equal for comparing references.
			-- (from CONTAINER)
		require -- from CONTAINER
			changeable_comparison_criterion
		ensure -- from CONTAINER
			reference_comparison: not object_comparison

feature -- Element change

	extend (v: G)
			-- Ensure that set includes v.
			-- Was declared in SET as synonym of put.
			-- (from SET)
		require -- from COLLECTION
			extendible: extendible
		ensure -- from COLLECTION
			item_inserted: is_inserted (v)
		ensure then -- from SET
			in_set_already: old has (v) implies (count = old count)
			added_to_set: not old has (v) implies (count = old count + 1)

	fill (other: CONTAINER [G])
			-- Fill with as many items of other as possible.
			-- The representations of other and current structure
			-- need not be the same.
			-- (from COLLECTION)
		require -- from COLLECTION
			other_not_void: other /= void
			extendible

	merge (other: CONTAINER [G])
			-- Add all items of other.
			-- (from SUBSET)
		require -- from SUBSET
			set_exists: other /= void
			same_rule: object_comparison = other.object_comparison

	put (v: G)
			-- Ensure that set includes v.
			-- Was declared in SET as synonym of extend.
			-- (from SET)
		require -- from COLLECTION
			extendible: extendible
		ensure -- from COLLECTION
			item_inserted: is_inserted (v)
		ensure then -- from SET
			in_set_already: old has (v) implies (count = old count)
			added_to_set: not old has (v) implies (count = old count + 1)

feature -- Removal

	changeable_comparison_criterion: BOOLEAN
			-- May object_comparison be changed?
			-- (Answer: only if set empty; otherwise insertions might
			-- introduce duplicates, destroying the set property.)
			-- (from SET)
		ensure then -- from SET
			only_on_empty: Result = is_empty

	prune (v: G)
			-- Remove v if present.
			-- (from SET)
		require -- from COLLECTION
			prunable: prunable
		ensure then -- from SET
			removed_count_change: old has (v) implies (count = old count - 1)
			not_removed_no_count_change: not old has (v) implies (count = old count)
			item_deleted: not has (v)

	prune_all (v: G)
			-- Remove all occurrences of v.
			-- (Reference or object equality,
			-- based on object_comparison.)
			-- (from COLLECTION)
		require -- from COLLECTION
			prunable
		ensure -- from COLLECTION
			no_more_occurrences: not has (v)

	wipe_out
			-- Remove all items.
			-- (from COLLECTION)
		require -- from COLLECTION
			prunable
		ensure -- from COLLECTION
			wiped_out: is_empty

feature -- Conversion

	linear_representation: LINEAR [G]
			-- Representation as a linear structure
			-- (from LINEAR)

feature -- Duplication

	duplicate (n: INTEGER): like Current
			-- New structure containing min (n, count)
			-- items from current structure
			-- (from SUBSET)
		require -- from SUBSET
			non_negative: n >= 0
		ensure -- from SUBSET
			correct_count_1: n <= count implies Result.count = n
			correct_count_2: n >= count implies Result.count = count

feature -- Basic operations

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

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

invariant

		-- from ANY
	reflexive_equality: standard_is_equal (Current)
	reflexive_conformance: conforms_to (Current)
		-- from COMPARABLE_STRUCT
	empty_constraint: min_max_available implies not is_empty
		-- from BILINEAR
	not_both: not (after and before)
	before_constraint: before implies off
		-- from LINEAR
	after_constraint: after implies off
		-- from TRAVERSABLE
	empty_constraint: is_empty implies off

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end -- class COMPARABLE_SET