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	description: "Objects that enable to access tags used in templatedescribing how to generate a class related to a specificdatabase table."
	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class."
	date: "$Date: 2006-01-22 18:25:44 -0800 (Sun, 22 Jan 2006) $"
	revision: "$Revision: 56675 $"
	product: eiffelstore
	database: all_bases

class interface
	DB_TEMPLATE_TAGS

create 
	default_create
			-- Process instances of classes with no creation clause.
			-- (Default: do nothing.)
			-- (from ANY)

feature -- Access

	attribute_block: STRING_8 is "<A:"
			-- Tag to indicate a block to write for every table attribute.

	attribute_block_end: STRING_8 is "</A>"
			-- Tag to indicate the end of a block for every table attribute.

	attribute_count: STRING_8 is "<ACNT>"
			-- Tag to replace by the number of attributes.

	generating_type: STRING_8
			-- Name of current object's generating type
			-- (type of which it is a direct instance)
			-- (from ANY)

	generator: STRING_8
			-- Name of current object's generating class
			-- (base class of the type of which it is a direct instance)
			-- (from ANY)

	initcap_attribute_name: STRING_8 is "<AN:I>"
			-- Tag to replace by the name of the attribute in lower case
			-- except for the initial character.

	initcap_class_name: STRING_8 is "<CN:I>"
			-- Tag to replace by the name of the table in lower case
			-- except for the initial character.

	initcap_type_name: STRING_8 is "<TN:I>"
			-- Tag to replace by the attribute type name (in lowercase except
			-- for the initial character).

	iterator: STRING_8 is "<IT>"
			-- Tag to replace by the position of the attribute.

	lower_attribute_name: STRING_8 is "<AN:L>"
			-- Tag to replace by the name of the attribute in lower case.

	lower_class_name: STRING_8 is "<CN:L>"
			-- Tag to replace by the name of the table in lower case.

	lower_type_name: STRING_8 is "<TN:L>"
			-- Tag to replace by the attribute type name (in lowercase).

	tag_close: CHARACTER_8 is '>'
			-- Character closing a tag.

	type_default_value: STRING_8 is "<TDV>"
			-- Tag to replace by the attribute type default value.

	upper_attribute_name: STRING_8 is "<AN:U>"
			-- Tag to replace by the name of the attribute in upper case.

	upper_class_name: STRING_8 is "<CN:U>"
			-- Tag to replace by the name of the table in upper case.

	upper_type_name: STRING_8 is "<TN:U>"
			-- Tag to replace by the attribute type name (in uppercase).
	
feature -- Comparison

	frozen deep_equal (some: ANY; other: like arg #1): BOOLEAN
			-- Are `some' and `other' either both void
			-- or attached to isomorphic object structures?
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			shallow_implies_deep: standard_equal (some, other) implies Result
			both_or_none_void: (some = Void) implies (Result = (other = Void))
			same_type: (Result and (some /= Void)) implies some.same_type (other)
			symmetric: Result implies deep_equal (other, some)

	frozen equal (some: ANY; other: like arg #1): BOOLEAN
			-- Are `some' and `other' either both void or attached
			-- to objects considered equal?
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			definition: Result = (some = Void and other = Void) or else ((some /= Void and other /= Void) and then some.is_equal (other))

	is_equal (other: like Current): BOOLEAN
			-- Is `other' attached to an object considered
			-- equal to current object?
			-- (from ANY)
		require -- from ANY
			other_not_void: other /= Void
		ensure -- from ANY
			symmetric: Result implies other.is_equal (Current)
			consistent: standard_is_equal (other) implies Result

	frozen standard_equal (some: ANY; other: like arg #1): BOOLEAN
			-- Are `some' and `other' either both void or attached to
			-- field-by-field identical objects of the same type?
			-- Always uses default object comparison criterion.
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			definition: Result = (some = Void and other = Void) or else ((some /= Void and other /= Void) and then some.standard_is_equal (other))

	frozen standard_is_equal (other: like Current): BOOLEAN
			-- Is `other' attached to an object of the same type
			-- as current object, and field-by-field identical to it?
			-- (from ANY)
		require -- from ANY
			other_not_void: other /= Void
		ensure -- from ANY
			same_type: Result implies same_type (other)
			symmetric: Result implies other.standard_is_equal (Current)
	
feature -- Status report

	conforms_to (other: ANY): BOOLEAN
			-- Does type of current object conform to type
			-- of `other' (as per Eiffel: The Language, chapter 13)?
			-- (from ANY)
		require -- from ANY
			other_not_void: other /= Void

	has_all_attribute_option: BOOLEAN
			-- Does last parsed tag have the "all attributes" option?

	has_all_type_option: BOOLEAN
			-- Does last parsed tag have the "all types" option?

	has_boolean_type_option: BOOLEAN
			-- Does last parsed tag have the "boolean type" option?

	has_character_type_option: BOOLEAN
			-- Does last parsed tag have the "character type" option?

	has_date_type_option: BOOLEAN
			-- Does last parsed tag have the "date type" option?

	has_double_type_option: BOOLEAN
			-- Does last parsed tag have the "double type" option?

	has_first_attribute_option: BOOLEAN
			-- Does last parsed tag have the "first attribute" option?

	has_integer_type_option: BOOLEAN
			-- Does last parsed tag have the "integer type" option?

	has_intermediate_attribute_option: BOOLEAN
			-- Does last parsed tag have the "intermediate attribute" option?

	has_last_attribute_option: BOOLEAN
			-- Does last parsed tag have the "last attribute" option?

	has_string_type_option: BOOLEAN
			-- Does last parsed tag have the "string type" option?

	is_valid_attribute_tag: BOOLEAN
			-- Is last parsed tag a valid attribute tag?

	same_type (other: ANY): BOOLEAN
			-- Is type of current object identical to type of `other'?
			-- (from ANY)
		require -- from ANY
			other_not_void: other /= Void
		ensure -- from ANY
			definition: Result = (conforms_to (other) and other.conforms_to (Current))
	
feature -- Status setting

	reset
			-- Reset status indicators.
	
feature -- Duplication

	copy (other: like Current)
			-- Update current object using fields of object attached
			-- to `other', so as to yield equal objects.
			-- (from ANY)
		require -- from ANY
			other_not_void: other /= Void
			type_identity: same_type (other)
		ensure -- from ANY
			is_equal: is_equal (other)

	frozen deep_copy (other: like Current)
			-- Effect equivalent to that of:
			--		copy (`other' . deep_twin)
			-- (from ANY)
		require -- from ANY
			other_not_void: other /= Void
		ensure -- from ANY
			deep_equal: deep_equal (Current, other)

	frozen deep_twin: like Current
			-- New object structure recursively duplicated from Current.
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			deep_equal: deep_equal (Current, Result)

	frozen standard_copy (other: like Current)
			-- Copy every field of `other' onto corresponding field
			-- of current object.
			-- (from ANY)
		require -- from ANY
			other_not_void: other /= Void
			type_identity: same_type (other)
		ensure -- from ANY
			is_standard_equal: standard_is_equal (other)

	frozen standard_twin: like Current
			-- New object field-by-field identical to `other'.
			-- Always uses default copying semantics.
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			standard_twin_not_void: Result /= Void
			equal: standard_equal (Result, Current)

	frozen twin: like Current
			-- New object equal to `Current'
			-- twin calls copy; to change copying/twining semantics, redefine copy.
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			twin_not_void: Result /= Void
			is_equal: Result.is_equal (Current)
	
feature -- Basic operations

	frozen default: like Current
			-- Default value of object's type
			-- (from ANY)

	frozen default_pointer: POINTER
			-- Default value of type `POINTER'
			-- (Avoid the need to write `p'.default for
			-- some `p' of type `POINTER'.)
			-- (from ANY)

	default_rescue
			-- Process exception for routines with no Rescue clause.
			-- (Default: do nothing.)
			-- (from ANY)

	frozen do_nothing
			-- Execute a null action.
			-- (from ANY)

	parse_tag (tag: STRING_8)
			-- Parse `tag' to have information on it.
	
feature -- Output

	io: STD_FILES
			-- Handle to standard file setup
			-- (from ANY)

	out: STRING_8
			-- New string containing terse printable representation
			-- of current object
			-- Was declared in ANY as synonym of tagged_out.
			-- (from ANY)

	print (some: ANY)
			-- Write terse external representation of `some'
			-- on standard output.
			-- (from ANY)

	frozen tagged_out: STRING_8
			-- New string containing terse printable representation
			-- of current object
			-- Was declared in ANY as synonym of out.
			-- (from ANY)
	
feature -- Platform

	operating_environment: OPERATING_ENVIRONMENT
			-- Objects available from the operating system
			-- (from ANY)
	
invariant
		-- from ANY
	reflexive_equality: standard_is_equal (Current)
	reflexive_conformance: conforms_to (Current)

indexing
	copyright: "Copyright (c) 1984-2006, Eiffel Software and others"
	license: "Eiffel Forum License v2 (see http://www.eiffel.com/licensing/forum.txt)"
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end -- class DB_TEMPLATE_TAGS