note
	description: "Specification of a format used to format items specified in a format string of {COMPOSITE_FORMATTER}."

class
	FORMAT_SPECIFICATION

create {COMPOSITE_FORMATTER}
	make,
	make_default

feature {NONE} -- Creation

	make (s: READABLE_STRING_GENERAL)
			-- Create a new object using format specification `s'.
		do
			specification := s
		ensure
			specification_set: specification = s
		end

	make_default
			-- Create a new object with default format specification.
		do
			make (default_specification)
		ensure
			specification_set: specification = default_specification
			is_default: is_default
		end

feature -- Status report

	is_default: BOOLEAN
			-- Does current describe a default format specification.
		do
			Result := specification = default_specification
		end

feature -- Access

	item: READABLE_STRING_GENERAL
			-- Top-level format specification string.
		do
				-- TODO: Handle nested format specifications.
			Result := specification
		end

feature {NONE} -- Access

	specification: READABLE_STRING_GENERAL
			-- Format specification.

feature {NONE} -- Default specification

	default_specification: STRING_32 = ""
			-- Default format specification.

;note
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end