note
	description: "A notifier to informing users what assemblies are being consumed"
	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class."
	date: "$Date$"
	revision: "$Revision$"

deferred class
	NOTIFIER

feature -- Status Report

	is_zombie: BOOLEAN
			-- Indicates object has been disposed of
		deferred
		end

feature -- Clean Up

	dispose
			-- Disposes of notifier
		deferred
		end

feature -- Status Setting

	notify_consume (a_message: NOTIFY_MESSAGE)
			-- Notifies user of a consume
		require
			a_message_attached: a_message /= Void
			not_is_zombie: not is_zombie
		deferred
		end

	notify_info (a_message: READABLE_STRING_32)
			-- Notifier user of an event
		require
			a_message_attached: a_message /= Void
			not_a_message_is_empty: not a_message.is_empty
		deferred
		end

	restore_last_notification
			-- Restores last message
		deferred
		end

	clear_notification
			-- Clears last notification message.
		require
			not_is_zombie: not is_zombie
		deferred
		end

note
	copyright:	"Copyright (c) 1984-2022, Eiffel Software"
	license:	"GPL version 2 (see http://www.eiffel.com/licensing/gpl.txt)"
	licensing_options:	"http://www.eiffel.com/licensing"
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end