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

deferred class
	ABSTRACT_CLASS_C

feature -- Access

	name: STRING
			-- Class name
		deferred
		ensure
			name_not_void: name /= Void
		end

	file_name: IMMUTABLE_STRING_32
			-- File name of the class.
		deferred
		ensure
			file_name_not_void: Result /= Void
			file_name_is_string: Result.same_type (create {IMMUTABLE_STRING_32}.make_empty)
		end

	has_text: BOOLEAN
			-- Current class has text?
		do
			Result := attached text
		end

feature -- Text

	text: detachable STRING_8
			-- Text in UTF-8
		deferred
		end

feature -- Access: Encoding

	encoding: detachable ENCODING
			-- Encoding detected when reading `text'
		deferred
		end

	bom: detachable STRING
			-- Bom of the encoding detected when reading `text'
		deferred
		end

feature -- Element Change

	set_encoding_and_bom (a_encoding: like ENCODING; a_bom: like bom)
			-- Set `encoding' with `a_encoding'
			-- Set `bom' with `a_bom'
		deferred
		end

note
	copyright:	"Copyright (c) 1984-2012, Eiffel Software"
	license:	"GPL version 2 (see http://www.eiffel.com/licensing/gpl.txt)"
	licensing_options:	"http://www.eiffel.com/licensing"
	copying: "[
			This file is part of Eiffel Software's Eiffel Development Environment.
			
			Eiffel Software's Eiffel Development Environment is free
			software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
			the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
			by the Free Software Foundation, version 2 of the License
			(available at the URL listed under "license" above).
			
			Eiffel Software's Eiffel Development Environment is
			distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
			WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
			of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
			See the GNU General Public License for more details.
			
			You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
			License along with Eiffel Software's Eiffel Development
			Environment; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
			Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
		]"
	source: "[
			Eiffel Software
			5949 Hollister Ave., Goleta, CA 93117 USA
			Telephone 805-685-1006, Fax 805-685-6869
			Website http://www.eiffel.com
			Customer support http://support.eiffel.com
		]"
end