note
	description: "Bounded data structures, with a notion of capacity."
	library: "Free implementation of ELKS library"
	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class."
	names: bounded, storage;
	date: "$Date$"
	revision: "$Revision$"

deferred class BOUNDED [G] inherit

	FINITE [G]

feature -- Measurement

	capacity: INTEGER
			-- Number of items that may be stored
		deferred
		ensure
			capacity_non_negative: Result >= 0
		end

feature -- Status report

	full: BOOLEAN
			-- Is structure full?
		do
			Result := count = capacity
		end

	resizable: BOOLEAN
			-- May `capacity' be changed?
		deferred
		end

invariant

	valid_count: count <= capacity
	full_definition: full = (count = capacity)

note
	copyright: "Copyright (c) 1984-2017, Eiffel Software and others"
	license:   "Eiffel Forum License v2 (see http://www.eiffel.com/licensing/forum.txt)"
	source: "[
			Eiffel Software
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			Telephone 805-685-1006, Fax 805-685-6869
			Website http://www.eiffel.com
			Customer support http://support.eiffel.com
		]"

end