-- This file is part of Liberty Eiffel.
--
-- Liberty Eiffel is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-- the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
--
-- Liberty Eiffel is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-- GNU General Public License for more details.
--
-- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-- along with Liberty Eiffel.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
--
deferred class LIBERTY_DELAYED_RESOLVER
   --
   -- Design pattern: Strategy. Used by LIBERTY_DELAYED_TYPE to resolve a type.
   --

insert
   HASHABLE
      undefine out_in_tagged_out_memory
      end
   LOGGING
      undefine out_in_tagged_out_memory, is_equal
      end

feature {LIBERTY_DELAYED_TYPE}
   can_resolve: BOOLEAN is
      deferred
      end

   resolved: LIBERTY_KNOWN_TYPE is
      require
         can_resolve
      deferred
      ensure
         Result /= Void
      end

   full_name: FIXED_STRING is
      deferred
      end

   specialized_in (a_type: LIBERTY_ACTUAL_TYPE): like Current is
      require
         a_type /= Void
      deferred
      ensure
         Result /= Void
      end

end -- class LIBERTY_DELAYED_RESOLVER