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note description: "Dynamic-link library containing one or more functions that are compiled, linked, and stored separately from the processes using them." legal: "See notice at end of class." status: "See notice at end of class." date: "$Date: 2011-05-12 17:59:19 -0800 (Thu, 12 May 2011) $" revision: "$Revision: 86432 $" class interface WEL_DLL create make (dll_name: READABLE_STRING_GENERAL) -- Load the DLL dll_name require dll_name_not_void: dll_name /= Void dll_name_not_empty: not dll_name.is_empty make_permanent (dll_name: STRING_8) -- Load the DLL dll_name permanentely. -- It will be unloaded at the very end of the execution -- of current system. require dll_name_not_void: dll_name /= Void dll_name_not_empty: not dll_name.is_empty feature -- Access generating_type: TYPE [detachable WEL_DLL] -- Type of current object -- (type of which it is a direct instance) -- (from ANY) ensure -- from ANY generating_type_not_void: Result /= Void generator: STRING_8 -- Name of current object's generating class -- (base class of the type of which it is a direct instance) -- (from ANY) ensure -- from ANY generator_not_void: Result /= Void generator_not_empty: not Result.is_empty is_loaded_at_all_time: BOOLEAN -- Is current dll to be loaded at all time? item: POINTER -- Generic Windows handle or structure pointer. -- Can be a HWND, HICON, RECT *, WNDCLASS *, etc... -- (from WEL_ANY) load_api (a_name: STRING_8): POINTER -- Load api which name is a_name in current dll require exists: item /= default_pointer exists: a_name /= Void name: STRING_32 -- DLL name (including the path) require exists: exists ensure result_not_void: Result /= Void result_not_empty: not Result.is_empty feature -- Comparison frozen deep_equal (a: detachable ANY; b: like arg #1): BOOLEAN -- Are a and b either both void -- or attached to isomorphic object structures? -- (from ANY) ensure -- from ANY instance_free: class shallow_implies_deep: standard_equal (a, b) implies Result both_or_none_void: (a = Void) implies (Result = (b = Void)) same_type: (Result and (a /= Void)) implies (b /= Void and then a.same_type (b)) symmetric: Result implies deep_equal (b, a) frozen equal (a: detachable ANY; b: like arg #1): BOOLEAN -- Are a and b either both void or attached -- to objects considered equal? -- (from ANY) ensure -- from ANY instance_free: class definition: Result = (a = Void and b = Void) or else ((a /= Void and b /= Void) and then a.is_equal (b)) frozen is_deep_equal alias "≡≡≡" (other: WEL_DLL): BOOLEAN -- Are Current and other attached to isomorphic object structures? -- (from ANY) require -- from ANY other_not_void: other /= Void ensure -- from ANY shallow_implies_deep: standard_is_equal (other) implies Result same_type: Result implies same_type (other) symmetric: Result implies other.is_deep_equal (Current) is_equal (other: WEL_DLL): 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 ~ Current consistent: standard_is_equal (other) implies Result frozen standard_equal (a: detachable ANY; b: like arg #1): BOOLEAN -- Are a and b 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 instance_free: class definition: Result = (a = Void and b = Void) or else ((a /= Void and b /= Void) and then a.standard_is_equal (b)) frozen standard_is_equal alias "≜" (other: WEL_DLL): 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 exists: BOOLEAN -- Does the `item` exist? -- (from WEL_ANY) ensure -- from WEL_ANY Result = (item /= default_pointer) 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)) shared: BOOLEAN -- Is `item` shared by another object? -- If False (by default), `item` will -- be destroyed by `destroy_item`. -- If True, `item` will not be destroyed. -- (from WEL_ANY) feature -- Status setting set_shared -- Set `shared` to True. -- (from WEL_ANY) ensure -- from WEL_ANY shared: shared set_unshared -- Set `shared` to False. -- (from WEL_ANY) ensure -- from WEL_ANY unshared: not shared feature -- Element change set_item (an_item: POINTER) -- Set `item` with an_item -- (from WEL_ANY) ensure -- from WEL_ANY item_set: item = an_item feature -- Removal dispose -- Destroy the inner structure of Current. -- -- This function should be called by the GC when the -- object is collected or by the user if Current is -- no more usefull. -- (from WEL_ANY) feature -- Duplication copy (other: WEL_DLL) -- 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: Current ~ other frozen deep_copy (other: WEL_DLL) -- 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: WEL_DLL -- New object structure recursively duplicated from Current. -- (from ANY) ensure -- from ANY deep_twin_not_void: Result /= Void deep_equal: deep_equal (Current, Result) frozen standard_copy (other: WEL_DLL) -- 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: WEL_DLL -- 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: WEL_DLL -- New object equal to Current -- `twin` calls `copy`; to change copying/twinning semantics, redefine `copy`. -- (from ANY) ensure -- from ANY twin_not_void: Result /= Void is_equal: Result ~ Current feature -- Basic operations frozen default: detachable WEL_DLL -- 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) ensure -- from ANY instance_free: class default_rescue -- Process exception for routines with no Rescue clause. -- (Default: do nothing.) -- (from ANY) frozen do_nothing -- Execute a null action. -- (from ANY) ensure -- from ANY instance_free: class feature -- Output Io: STD_FILES -- Handle to standard file setup -- (from ANY) ensure -- from ANY instance_free: class io_not_void: Result /= Void out: STRING_8 -- New string containing terse printable representation -- of current object -- (from ANY) ensure -- from ANY out_not_void: Result /= Void print (o: detachable ANY) -- Write terse external representation of o -- on standard output. -- (from ANY) ensure -- from ANY instance_free: class frozen tagged_out: STRING_8 -- New string containing terse printable representation -- of current object -- (from ANY) ensure -- from ANY tagged_out_not_void: Result /= Void feature -- Platform Operating_environment: OPERATING_ENVIRONMENT -- Objects available from the operating system -- (from ANY) ensure -- from ANY instance_free: class operating_environment_not_void: Result /= Void invariant -- from ANY reflexive_equality: standard_is_equal (Current) reflexive_conformance: conforms_to (Current) note copyright: "Copyright (c) 1984-2011, Eiffel Software and others" license: "Eiffel Forum License v2 (see http://www.eiffel.com/licensing/forum.txt)" 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 -- class WEL_DLL -- Generated by Eiffel Studio --
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