deferred class
	ECOM_STRUCTURE

General
	cluster: com.Structures
	description: "Abstract notions of a COM data structure."

Ancestors
	WEL_STRUCTURE

Queries
	exists: BOOLEAN
	item: POINTER
	shared: BOOLEAN
	structure_size: INTEGER
	to_integer: INTEGER

Commands
	dispose
	initialize
	initialize_with_character (a_character: CHARACTER)
	memory_copy (source_pointer: POINTER; length: INTEGER)
	set_shared
	set_unshared
	set_value (source: [like Current] ECOM_STRUCTURE)