note
	description: "natural description"
	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class."
	date: "$Date$"
	revision: "$Revision$"

class NATURAL_DESC

inherit
	ATTR_DESC

create
	make

feature -- Initialization

	make (n: INTEGER)
			-- Create instance of NATURAL_DESC represented on `n' bits.
		require
			valid_n: n = 8 or n = 16 or n = 32 or n = 64
		do
			inspect n
			when 8 then internal_flags := {SHARED_LEVEL}.natural_8_level
			when 16 then internal_flags := {SHARED_LEVEL}.natural_16_level
			when 32 then internal_flags := {SHARED_LEVEL}.natural_32_level
			when 64 then internal_flags := {SHARED_LEVEL}.natural_64_level
			end
		end

feature -- Access

	sk_value: NATURAL_32
			-- Skeleton characteristic value
		do
			inspect level
			when {SHARED_LEVEL}.natural_8_level then Result := {SK_CONST}.Sk_uint8
			when {SHARED_LEVEL}.natural_16_level then Result := {SK_CONST}.Sk_uint16
			when {SHARED_LEVEL}.natural_32_level then Result := {SK_CONST}.Sk_uint32
			when {SHARED_LEVEL}.natural_64_level then Result := {SK_CONST}.Sk_uint64
			end
		end

	type_i: TYPE_A
			-- Corresponding TYPE_I instance
		do
			inspect level
			when {SHARED_LEVEL}.natural_8_level then Result := natural_8_type
			when {SHARED_LEVEL}.natural_16_level then Result := natural_16_type
			when {SHARED_LEVEL}.natural_32_level then Result := natural_32_type
			when {SHARED_LEVEL}.natural_64_level then Result := natural_64_type
			end
		end

feature -- Code generation

	generate_code (buffer: GENERATION_BUFFER)
			-- Generate type code for current attribute description in
			-- `buffer'.
		do
			inspect level
			when {SHARED_LEVEL}.natural_8_level then buffer.put_string ({SK_CONST}.sk_uint8_string)
			when {SHARED_LEVEL}.natural_16_level then buffer.put_string ({SK_CONST}.sk_uint16_string)
			when {SHARED_LEVEL}.natural_32_level then buffer.put_string ({SK_CONST}.sk_uint32_string)
			when {SHARED_LEVEL}.natural_64_level then buffer.put_string ({SK_CONST}.sk_uint64_string)
			end
		end

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