indexing
	description: "VARKIND contants"
	status: "See notice at end of class";
	date: "$Date$";
	revision: "$Revision$"

class
	ECOM_VAR_KIND

feature 

	Var_perinstance: INTEGER is
			-- Variable is field or member of type
			-- it exists at fixed offset within each instance of type.
		external
			"C [macro <oaidl.h>]"
		alias
			"VAR_PERINSTANCE"
		end

	Var_static: INTEGER is
			-- Only one instance of variable
		external
			"C [macro <oaidl.h>]"
		alias
			"VAR_STATIC"
		end

	Var_const: INTEGER is
			-- VARDESC describes symbolic constant
			-- There is no memory associated with it.
		external
			"C [macro <oaidl.h>]"
		alias
			"VAR_CONST"
		end

	Var_dispatch: INTEGER is
			-- Variable can only be accessed via feature
			-- `invoke' of class EOLE_DISPATCH.
		external
			"C [macro <oaidl.h>]"
		alias
			"VAR_DISPATCH"
		end

	is_valid_var_kind (kind: INTEGER): BOOLEAN is
			-- Is `kind' a valid variable kind?
		do
			Result := kind = Var_perinstance or
			kind = Var_static or
			kind = Var_const or
			kind = Var_dispatch
		end
		
end -- class ECOM_VAR_KIND

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