indexing
	description: "Implementation of DB_FORMAT";
	date: "$Date$"
	revision: "$Revision$"

class 
	DATABASE_FORMAT [G -> DATABASE create default_create end]

inherit

	HANDLE_SPEC [G]

feature -- Conversion

	boolean_format (object: BOOLEAN): STRING is
			-- String representation in SQL of `object'
		do
			if object.item then
				Result := db_spec.True_representation
			else
				Result := db_spec.False_representation
			end		
		end

	date_format (object: DATE_TIME): STRING is
			-- String representation in SQL of `object'
		local
			d_str: STRING
		do
			create d_str.make(20) 
			d_str := db_spec.date_to_str (object)
			date_buffer.wipe_out
			date_buffer.append (d_str)
			Result := date_buffer
		ensure then
			Result = date_buffer
		end
	
	string_format (object: STRING): STRING is
			-- String representation in SQL of `object'
		do
			Result := db_spec.string_format (object)
		end

feature {NONE} -- Status report

	date_buffer: STRING is
			-- String constant
		once
			create Result.make (20)
		end

end -- class DATABASE_FORMAT


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