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-- You  are  allowed  to  redistribute it and sell it, alone or as a part of
-- another product.
--
-- Copyright(C) 1994-2002: INRIA - LORIA (INRIA Lorraine) - ESIAL U.H.P.
--			   - University of Nancy 1 - FRANCE
-- Copyright(C) 2003:      INRIA - LORIA (INRIA Lorraine) - I.U.T. Charlemagne
--			   - University of Nancy 2 - FRANCE
--
--		 Dominique COLNET, Suzanne COLLIN, Olivier ZENDRA,
--			   Philippe RIBET, Cyril ADRIAN
--
-- http://SmartEiffel.loria.fr - SmartEiffel@loria.fr
--
class ITERATOR_ON_COLLECTION[E]
   -- Please do not use this class directly. Look at `ITERATOR'.

inherit ITERATOR[E]

creation make

feature {NONE}

   collection: COLLECTION[E]
	 -- The one to be traversed.

   item_index: INTEGER
	 --  Memorize the current position.

feature

   make(c: COLLECTION[E]) is
      require
	 c /= Void
      do
	 collection := c
	 item_index := collection.lower
      ensure
	 collection = c
      end

   start is
      do
	 item_index := collection.lower
      end

   is_off: BOOLEAN is
      do
	 Result := not collection.valid_index(item_index)
      end

   item: E is
      do
	 Result := collection.item(item_index)
      end

   next is
      do
	 item_index := item_index + 1
      end

end
