indexing
	description: "[
		The service interface for retrieving the global service provider.
	]"
	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class.";
	date: "$Date$";
	revision: "$Revision$"

frozen class
	SERVICE_PROVIDER_S

inherit
	SERVICE_I

	SERVICE_PROVIDER_I

create
	make

feature {NONE} -- Initialization

	make (a_provider: !like provider)
			-- Initializes the service provider service with an actual provider.
			--
			-- `a_provider': The actual service provider use to delegate calls to.
		do
			provider := a_provider
		ensure
			provider_set: provider = a_provider
		end

feature {NONE} -- Access

	provider: !SERVICE_PROVIDER_I
			-- Actual service provider to perform operations on.

feature -- Query

	service (a_type: !TYPE [SERVICE_I]): ?SERVICE_I
			-- <Precursor>
		do
			Result := provider.service (a_type)
		end

;indexing
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	license:	"GPL version 2 (see http://www.eiffel.com/licensing/gpl.txt)"
	licensing_options:	"http://www.eiffel.com/licensing"
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		]"
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end