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	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class."

class interface
	H2E

create 
	make
			-- Create the application's dispatcher,
			-- set the application's main window and run
			-- the application.
			-- (from WEL_APPLICATION)

feature -- Access

	accelerators: WEL_ACCELERATORS
			-- Application's accelerators
			-- May be redefined (in once) to associate accelerators.
			-- (from WEL_APPLICATION)

	application: WEL_APPLICATION
			-- Current application
			-- (from WEL_APPLICATION_MAIN_WINDOW)

	application_main_window: WEL_COMPOSITE_WINDOW
			-- Application's main window
			-- (from WEL_APPLICATION_MAIN_WINDOW)

	default_show_command: INTEGER_32
			-- Default command used to show Main_window.
			-- May be redefined to have a maximized window for
			-- instance.
			-- See class WEL_SW_CONSTANTS for values.
			-- (from WEL_APPLICATION)

	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)
	
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

	idle_action_enabled: BOOLEAN
			-- Is the idle action enabled?
			-- (False by default)
			-- (from WEL_APPLICATION)

	is_application_main_window (window: WEL_COMPOSITE_WINDOW): BOOLEAN
			-- Is `window' the application's main window?
			-- (from WEL_APPLICATION_MAIN_WINDOW)
		require -- from WEL_APPLICATION_MAIN_WINDOW
			window_not_void: window /= Void
		ensure -- from WEL_APPLICATION_MAIN_WINDOW
			Result = (window = application_main_window)

	is_dialog (hwnd: POINTER): BOOLEAN
			-- Is the window corresponding to `hwnd' a dialog box?
			-- We call the function with a dialog box option,
			-- if it is indeed a dialog, the result will always
			-- be non zero, otherwise it is zero.
			-- (from WEL_APPLICATION)

	runable: BOOLEAN
			-- Can the application be run?
			-- (True by default)
			-- The user may want to return False if the application
			-- cannot be executed for any reason.
			-- (from WEL_APPLICATION)

	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

	disable_idle_action
			-- Disable the call to idle_action when the message
			-- queue is empty.
			-- (from WEL_APPLICATION)
		ensure -- from WEL_APPLICATION
			idle_action_disabled: not idle_action_enabled

	enable_idle_action
			-- Enable the call to idle_action when the message
			-- queue is empty.
			-- (from WEL_APPLICATION)
		ensure -- from WEL_APPLICATION
			idle_action_enabled: idle_action_enabled
	
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)

	idle_action
			-- Called when the message queue is empty.
			-- Useful to perform background operations.
			-- (from WEL_APPLICATION)
		require -- from WEL_APPLICATION
			idle_action_enabled: idle_action_enabled

	run
			-- Create Main_window and start the message loop.
			-- (from WEL_APPLICATION)
		require -- from WEL_APPLICATION
			runable: runable
			main_window_not_void: application_main_window /= Void
			parent_main_window_is_void: application_main_window.parent = Void
	
feature 

	main_window: H2E_DIALOG
			-- Create the application's main window
		ensure -- from WEL_APPLICATION
			result_not_void: Result /= Void
			parent_main_window_is_void: Result.parent = Void
	
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)

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end -- class H2E