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--  Author:  Juergen Pfeifer, 1996
--  Version Control:
--  $Revision: 1.12 $
--  $Date: 2008/07/26 18:49:20 $
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with Interfaces.C;

package Terminal_Interface.Curses.Forms.Field_Types.User.Choice is
   pragma Preelaborate
     (Terminal_Interface.Curses.Forms.Field_Types.User.Choice);

   subtype C_Int is Interfaces.C.int;

   type User_Defined_Field_Type_With_Choice is abstract new
     User_Defined_Field_Type with null record;
   --  This is the root of the mechanism we use to create field types in
   --  Ada95 that allow the prev/next mechanism. You should your own type
   --  derive from this one and implement the Field_Check, Character_Check
   --  Next and Previous functions for your own type.

   type User_Defined_Field_Type_With_Choice_Access is access all
     User_Defined_Field_Type_With_Choice'Class;

   function Next
     (Fld : Field;
      Typ : User_Defined_Field_Type_With_Choice) return Boolean
      is abstract;
   --  If True is returned, the function successfully generated a next
   --  value into the fields buffer.

   function Previous
     (Fld : Field;
      Typ : User_Defined_Field_Type_With_Choice) return Boolean
      is abstract;
   --  If True is returned, the function successfully generated a previous
   --  value into the fields buffer.

   --  +----------------------------------------------------------------------
   --  | Private Part.
   --  |
private
   function C_Generic_Choice return C_Field_Type;

   function Generic_Next (Fld : Field;
                          Usr : System.Address) return C_Int;
   pragma Convention (C, Generic_Next);
   --  This is the generic next Choice_Function for the low-level fieldtype
   --  representing all the User_Defined_Field_Type derivates. It routes
   --  the call to the Next implementation for the type.

   function Generic_Prev (Fld : Field;
                          Usr : System.Address) return C_Int;
   pragma Convention (C, Generic_Prev);
   --  This is the generic prev Choice_Function for the low-level fieldtype
   --  representing all the User_Defined_Field_Type derivates. It routes
   --  the call to the Previous implementation for the type.

end Terminal_Interface.Curses.Forms.Field_Types.User.Choice;
