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	description: "Configuration elements with notes"
	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class."
	date: "$Date$"
	revision: "$Revision$"

deferred class
	CONF_NOTABLE

feature -- Access queries

	notes: ARRAYED_LIST [HASH_TABLE [STRING, STRING]]
			-- Notes of current.

feature {CONF_ACCESS} -- Update, stored in configuration file

	add_note (a_note: HASH_TABLE [STRING, STRING]) is
			-- Set `internal_notes' with `a_notes'
		require
			a_note_not_void: a_note /= Void
		do
			if notes = Void then
				create notes.make (1)
			end
			notes.extend (a_note)
		ensure
			notes_not_void: notes /= Void
			a_note_extended: notes.has (a_note)
		end

	remove_note (a_note: HASH_TABLE [STRING, STRING]) is
			-- Remove `a_note' from `notes'
		require
			a_note_not_void: a_note /= Void
		do
			if notes /= Void then
				notes.start
				notes.prune (a_note)
			end
		end

	replace_note (a_old_note, a_new_note: HASH_TABLE [STRING, STRING]) is
			-- Replace `a_old_note' with `a_new_note' in `notes'.
		require
			a_old_note_void: a_old_note /= Void
			a_new_note_void: a_new_note /= Void
			notes_not_void: notes /= Void
			has_old_note: notes.has (a_old_note)
		do
			notes.start
			notes.search (a_old_note)
			notes.replace (a_new_note)
		ensure
			notes_has_new_note: notes.has (a_new_note)
		end


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end