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	description: "Absolute temporal values"
	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class."
	date: "$Date$"
	revision: "$Revision$"
	access: date, time

deferred class
	ABSOLUTE

inherit
	COMPARABLE
		redefine
			infix "<"
		end

feature -- Access

	origin: like Current is
			-- Place of start for recording objects
		deferred
		ensure
			result_exists: Result /= Void
		end
	
feature -- Measurement

	duration: DURATION is
			-- Length of the interval of time since `origin'
		deferred
		end
	
feature -- Comparison

	infix "<" (other: like Current): BOOLEAN is
			-- Is the current object before `other'?
		do
			Result := duration < other.duration
		end
	
feature -- Basic operations
	
	infix "-" (other: like Current): INTERVAL [like Current] is
			-- Interval between current object and `other' 
		require
			other_exists: other /= Void
			other_smaller_than_current: other <= Current
		do
			create Result.make (other, Current)
		ensure
			result_exists: Result /= Void
			result_set: Result.start_bound.is_equal (other) and then 
					Result.end_bound.is_equal (Current)
		end

	relative_duration (other: like Current): DURATION is
			-- Relative duration from `Current' to `other'
		require
			other_exists: other /= Void
		deferred
		ensure
			Result_exists: Result /= Void
		end

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	copyright:	"Copyright (c) 1984-2006, Eiffel Software and others"
	license:	"Eiffel Forum License v2 (see http://www.eiffel.com/licensing/forum.txt)"
	source: "[
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			 Telephone 805-685-1006, Fax 805-685-6869
			 Website http://www.eiffel.com
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		]"




end -- class ABSOLUTE