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	description: "Facilities for inspecting global environment information."
	status: "See notice at end of class"
	keywords: "environment, application, global, system"
	date: "$Date$"
	revision: "$Revision$"

class interface
	EV_ENVIRONMENT

create 

	frozen default_create
			-- Standard creation procedure.
			-- (from EV_ANY)
		ensure then -- from EV_ANY
			is_coupled: implementation /= void
			is_initialized: is_initialized
			default_create_called_set: default_create_called
			is_in_default_state: is_in_default_state

feature -- Access

	application: EV_APPLICATION
			-- Single application object for system.
		require
			not_destroyed: not is_destroyed
		ensure
			bridge_ok: Result = implementation.application

	data: ANY
			-- Arbitrary user data may be stored here.
			-- (from EV_ANY)
	
feature -- Element change

	set_data (some_data: like data)
			-- Assign some_data to data.
			-- (from EV_ANY)
		require -- from EV_ANY
			not_destroyed: not is_destroyed
		ensure -- from EV_ANY
			data_assigned: data = some_data
	
feature -- Duplication

	copy (other: like Current)
			-- Update current object using fields of object attached
			-- to other, so as to yield equal objects.
			-- (from EV_ANY)
		require -- from ANY
			other_not_void: other /= void
			type_identity: same_type (other)
		ensure -- from ANY
			is_equal: is_equal (other)
	
feature -- Command

	destroy
			-- Destroy underlying native toolkit object.
			-- Render Current unusable.
			-- (from EV_ANY)
		ensure -- from EV_ANY
			is_destroyed: is_destroyed
	
feature -- Status Report

	is_destroyed: BOOLEAN
			-- Is Current no longer usable?
			-- (from EV_ANY)
		ensure -- from EV_ANY
			bridge_ok: Result = implementation.is_destroyed
	
invariant

		-- from ANY
	reflexive_equality: standard_is_equal (Current)
	reflexive_conformance: conforms_to (Current)
		-- from EV_ANY
	is_initialized: is_initialized
	is_coupled: implementation /= void and then implementation.interface = Current
	default_create_called: default_create_called

end -- class EV_ENVIRONMENT