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	description: "Trees with a dynamically modifiable structure"
	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class."
	names: dynamic_tree, tree
	representation: recursive
	access: cursor, membership
	contents: generic
	date: "$Date: 2006-01-22 18:25:44 -0800 (Sun, 22 Jan 2006) $"
	revision: "$Revision: 56675 $"

deferred class interface
	DYNAMIC_TREE [G]

feature -- Access

	child: like parent
			-- Current child node
			-- (from TREE)
		require -- from TREE
			readable: readable_child

	child_cursor: CURSOR
			-- Current cursor position
			-- (from TREE)

	child_index: INTEGER_32
			-- Index of current child
			-- (from TREE)
		ensure -- from TREE
			valid_index: Result >= 0 and Result <= arity + 1

	child_item: like item
			-- Item in current child node
			-- (from TREE)
		require -- from TREE
			readable: child_readable

	first_child: like parent
			-- Leftmost child
			-- (from TREE)
		require -- from TREE
			is_not_leaf: not is_leaf

	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)

	item: G
			-- Item in current node
			-- (from TREE)

	last_child: like first_child
			-- Right most child
			-- (from TREE)
		require -- from TREE
			is_not_leaf: not is_leaf

	left_sibling: like parent
			-- Left neighbor (if any)
			-- (from TREE)
		require -- from TREE
			is_not_root: not is_root
		ensure -- from TREE
			is_sibling: Result /= Void implies is_sibling (Result)
			right_is_current: (Result /= Void) implies (Result.right_sibling = Current)

	parent: DYNAMIC_TREE [G]
			-- Parent of current node.

	right_sibling: like parent
			-- Right neighbor (if any)
			-- (from TREE)
		require -- from TREE
			is_not_root: not is_root
		ensure -- from TREE
			is_sibling: Result /= Void implies is_sibling (Result)
			left_is_current: (Result /= Void) implies (Result.left_sibling = Current)
	
feature -- Measurement

	arity: INTEGER_32
			-- Number of children
			-- (from TREE)

	child_capacity: INTEGER_32
			-- Maximal number of children
			-- (from TREE)

	count: INTEGER_32
			-- Number of items
			-- (from TREE)
	
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
			-- Does `other' contain the same elements?
			-- (Reference or object equality,
			-- based on object_comparison.)
			-- (from TREE)
		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

	node_is_equal (other: like Current): BOOLEAN
			-- Is `other' equal to Current?
			-- (from TREE)
		require -- from TREE
			other_not_void: other /= Void

	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

	changeable_comparison_criterion: BOOLEAN
			-- May object_comparison be changed?
			-- (Answer: yes by default.)
			-- (from CONTAINER)

	child_after: BOOLEAN
			-- Is there no valid child position to the right of cursor?
			-- (from TREE)

	child_before: BOOLEAN
			-- Is there no valid child position to the left of cursor?
			-- (from TREE)

	child_isfirst: BOOLEAN
			-- Is cursor under first child?
			-- (from TREE)
		ensure -- from TREE
			not_is_leaf: Result implies not is_leaf

	child_islast: BOOLEAN
			-- Is cursor under last child?
			-- (from TREE)
		ensure -- from TREE
			not_is_leaf: Result implies not is_leaf

	child_off: BOOLEAN
			-- Is there no current child?
			-- (from TREE)

	child_readable: BOOLEAN
			-- Is there a current child_item to be read?
			-- (from TREE)

	child_writable: BOOLEAN
			-- Is there a current child_item that may be modified?
			-- (from TREE)

	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

	extendible: BOOLEAN is True
			-- May new items be added?

	has (v: G): BOOLEAN
			-- Does subtree include `v'?
			-- (Reference or object equality,
			-- based on object_comparison.)
			-- (from TREE)
		ensure -- from CONTAINER
			not_found_in_empty: Result implies not is_empty

	is_empty: BOOLEAN
			-- Is structure empty of items?
			-- (from TREE)

	is_leaf: BOOLEAN
			-- Are there no children?
			-- (from TREE)

	is_root: BOOLEAN
			-- Is there no parent?
			-- (from TREE)

	is_sibling (other: like parent): BOOLEAN
			-- Are current node and `other' siblings?
			-- (from TREE)
		require -- from TREE
			other_exists: other /= Void
		ensure -- from TREE
			not_root: Result implies not is_root
			other_not_root: Result implies not other.is_root
			same_parent: Result = not is_root and other.parent = parent

	object_comparison: BOOLEAN
			-- Must search operations use equal rather than `='
			-- for comparing references? (Default: no, use `='.)
			-- (from CONTAINER)

	readable: BOOLEAN is True
			-- (from TREE)

	readable_child: BOOLEAN
			-- Is there a current child to be read?
			-- (from TREE)

	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))

	valid_cursor_index (i: INTEGER_32): BOOLEAN
			-- Is `i' correctly bounded for cursor movement?
			-- (from TREE)
		ensure -- from TREE
			valid_cursor_index_definition: Result = (i >= 0) and (i <= child_capacity + 1)

	writable: BOOLEAN is True
			-- Is there a current item that may be modified?
			-- (from TREE)

	writable_child: BOOLEAN
			-- Is there a current child that may be modified?
			-- (from TREE)
	
feature -- Status setting

	compare_objects
			-- Ensure that future search operations will use equal
			-- rather than `=' for comparing references.
			-- (from CONTAINER)
		require -- from CONTAINER
			changeable_comparison_criterion: changeable_comparison_criterion
		ensure -- from CONTAINER
			object_comparison

	compare_references
			-- Ensure that future search operations will use `='
			-- rather than equal for comparing references.
			-- (from CONTAINER)
		require -- from CONTAINER
			changeable_comparison_criterion: changeable_comparison_criterion
		ensure -- from CONTAINER
			reference_comparison: not object_comparison
	
feature -- Cursor movement

	child_back
			-- Move cursor to previous child.
			-- (from TREE)

	child_finish
			-- Move cursor to last child.
			-- (from TREE)

	child_forth
			-- Move cursor to next child.
			-- (from TREE)

	child_go_i_th (i: INTEGER_32)
			-- Move cursor to `i'-th child.
			-- (from TREE)
		ensure then -- from TREE
			position: child_index = i

	child_go_to (p: CURSOR)
			-- Move cursor to position `p'.
			-- (from TREE)

	child_start
			-- Move cursor to first child.
			-- (from TREE)
	
feature -- Element change

	child_extend (v: like item)
			-- Add `v' to the list of children.
			-- Do not move child cursor.

	child_put (v: like item)
			-- Put `v' at current child position.
			-- Was declared in TREE as synonym of child_replace.
			-- (from TREE)
		require -- from TREE
			child_writable: child_writable
		ensure -- from TREE
			item_inserted: child_item = v

	child_put_left (v: like item)
			-- Add `v' to the left of cursor position.
			-- Do not move child cursor.
		require
			not_child_before: not child_before

	child_put_right (v: like item)
			-- Add `v' to the right of cursor position.
			-- Do not move child cursor.
		require
			not_child_after: not child_after

	child_replace (v: like item)
			-- Put `v' at current child position.
			-- Was declared in TREE as synonym of child_put.
			-- (from TREE)
		require -- from TREE
			child_writable: child_writable
		ensure -- from TREE
			item_inserted: child_item = v

	extend (v: like item)
			-- Add `v' as new child.

	fill (other: TREE [G])
			-- Fill with as many items of `other' as possible.
			-- The representations of `other' and current node
			-- need not be the same.
			-- (from TREE)

	merge_tree_after (other: like first_child)
			-- Merge children of `other' into current structure
			-- after cursor position. Do not move cursor.
			-- Make `other' a leaf.
		require
			not_child_off: not child_off
			other_exists: (other /= Void)
		ensure
			other_is_leaf: other.is_leaf

	merge_tree_before (other: like first_child)
			-- Merge children of `other' into current structure
			-- after cursor position. Do not move cursor.
			-- Make `other' a leaf.
		require
			not_child_off: not child_off
			other_exists: (other /= Void)
		ensure
			other_is_leaf: other.is_leaf

	prune (n: like parent)
			-- Remove `n' from the children.
			-- (from TREE)
		require -- from TREE
			is_child: n.parent = Current
		ensure -- from TREE
			n_is_root: n.is_root

	put (v: like item)
			-- Replace element at cursor position by `v'.
			-- Was declared in TREE as synonym of replace.
			-- (from TREE)
		require -- from TREE
			is_writable: writable
		ensure -- from TREE
			item_inserted: item = v

	put_child (n: like parent)
			-- Add `n' to the list of children.
			-- Do not move child cursor.
			-- (from TREE)
		require -- from TREE
			non_void_argument: n /= Void

	put_child_left (n: like parent)
			-- Add `n' to the left of cursor position.
			-- Do not move cursor.
		require
			not_child_before: not child_before
			non_void_argument: n /= Void

	put_child_right (n: like parent)
			-- Add `n' to the right of cursor position.
			-- Do not move cursor.
		require
			not_child_after: not child_after
			non_void_argument: n /= Void

	replace (v: like item)
			-- Replace element at cursor position by `v'.
			-- Was declared in TREE as synonym of put.
			-- (from TREE)
		require -- from TREE
			is_writable: writable
		ensure -- from TREE
			item_inserted: item = v

	replace_child (n: like parent)
			-- Put `n' at current child position.
			-- (from TREE)
		require -- from TREE
			writable_child: writable_child
		ensure -- from TREE
			child_replaced: child = n

	sprout
			-- Make current node a root.
			-- (from TREE)
	
feature -- Removal

	forget_left
			-- Forget all left siblings.
			-- (from TREE)

	forget_right
			-- Forget all right siblings.
			-- (from TREE)

	remove_child
			-- Remove child at cursor position.
			-- Move cursor to next sibling, or `after' if none.
		require
			child_not_off: not child_off
		ensure
			new_arity: arity = old arity - 1
			new_child_index: child_index = old child_index

	remove_left_child
			-- Remove item to the left of cursor position.
			-- Do not move cursor.
		require
			is_not_first: not child_isfirst
		ensure
			new_arity: arity = old arity - 1
			new_child_index: child_index = old child_index - 1

	remove_right_child
			-- Remove item to the right of cursor position.
			-- Do not move cursor.
		require
			is_not_last: not child_islast
		ensure
			new_arity: arity = old arity - 1
			new_child_index: child_index = old child_index

	wipe_out
			-- Remove all children.
			-- (from TREE)
		ensure -- from TREE
			is_leaf: is_leaf
	
feature -- Conversion

	binary_representation: BINARY_TREE [G]
			-- Convert to binary tree representation:
			-- first child becomes left child,
			-- right sibling becomes right child.
			-- (from TREE)
		ensure -- from TREE
			result_is_root: Result.is_root
			result_has_no_right_child: not Result.has_right

	fill_from_binary (b: BINARY_TREE [G])
			-- Fill from a binary tree representation.
			-- Left child becomes first child.
			-- Right child becomes right sibling.
			-- Any right child of `b' is ignored.

	linear_representation: LINEAR [G]
			-- Representation as a linear structure
			-- (from TREE)
	
feature -- Duplication

	copy (other: like Current)
			-- Copy contents from `other'.
			-- (from TREE)
		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)

	duplicate (n: INTEGER_32): like Current
			-- Copy of sub-tree beginning at cursor position and
			-- having min (`n', arity - child_index + 1)
			-- children
		require -- from TREE
			not_child_off: not child_off
			valid_sublist: n >= 0

	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)
	
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
	extendible_definition: extendible
	child_after_definition: child_after = (child_index = arity + 1)

		-- from TREE
	tree_consistency: child_readable implies child.parent = Current
	leaf_definition: is_leaf = (arity = 0)
	child_off_definition: child_off = child_before or child_after
	child_before_definition: child_before = (child_index = 0)
	child_isfirst_definition: child_isfirst = (not is_leaf and child_index = 1)
	child_islast_definition: child_islast = (not is_leaf and child_index = child_capacity)
	child_after_definition: child_after = (child_index >= child_capacity + 1)

		-- from ANY
	reflexive_equality: standard_is_equal (Current)
	reflexive_conformance: conforms_to (Current)

indexing
	library: "EiffelBase: Library of reusable components for Eiffel."
	copyright: "Copyright (c) 1984-2006, Eiffel Software and others"
	license: "Eiffel Forum License v2 (see http://www.eiffel.com/licensing/forum.txt)"
	source: "[
		Eiffel Software
		356 Storke Road, 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 DYNAMIC_TREE