note
	description: "[
		Native interop routines and functions.
	]"
	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class.";
	date: "$date$";
	revision: "$revision$"

class
	NATIVE_METHODS

feature -- Native methods

	frozen get_short_path_name (lpsz_long_path, lpsz_short_path: POINTER; cch_buffer: INTEGER): INTEGER
			-- This function retrieves the handle to the specified child window's parent window.
			--
			-- `lpsz_long_path': Pointer to a null-terminated path string. The function retrieves the short form of this path
			-- `lpsz_short_path': Pointer to a buffer to receive the null-terminated short form of the path specified by lpszLongPath
			-- `cch_buffer': Size of the buffer pointed to by lpszShortPath, in TCHARs.
			-- `Result': If the function succeeds, the return value is the length, in TCHARs, of the string copied to lpszShortPath,
			--           not including the terminating null character.
		external
			"dllwin %"kernel32.dll%" signature (LPCTSTR, LPTSTR, DWORD): DWORD use <windows.h>"
		alias
			"GetShortPathNameW"
		end

	frozen sizeof_tchar: INTEGER
			-- Size of a TCHAR in bytes.
		external
			"C macro use <windows.h>"
		alias
			"sizeof (TCHAR)"
		end

	frozen max_path: INTEGER
			-- Maximum number of character allowed in a path
		external
			"C macro use <windows.h>"
		alias
			"MAX_PATH"
		end

;note
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end