-- --
-- S p e c --
-- --
--- Copyright (C) 1992-2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
+-- Copyright (C) 1992-2007, Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
-- --
-- GNAT is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under --
-- terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Soft- --
-- 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 distributed with GNAT; see file COPYING. If not, write --
--- to the Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, --
--- MA 02111-1307, USA. --
+-- to the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, --
+-- Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. --
-- --
-- As a special exception, if other files instantiate generics from this --
-- unit, or you link this unit with other files to produce an executable, --
-- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc. --
-- --
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- This unit provides the basic support for controlled (finalizable) types
+
with Ada.Streams;
+with Ada.Unchecked_Conversion;
+
package System.Finalization_Root is
-pragma Preelaborate (Finalization_Root);
+ pragma Preelaborate;
type Root_Controlled;
type Finalizable_Ptr is access all Root_Controlled'Class;
+ function To_Finalizable_Ptr is
+ new Ada.Unchecked_Conversion (Address, Finalizable_Ptr);
+
+ function To_Addr is
+ new Ada.Unchecked_Conversion (Finalizable_Ptr, Address);
+
type Empty_Root_Controlled is abstract tagged null record;
-- Just for the sake of Controlled equality (see Ada.Finalization)
procedure Finalize (Object : in out Root_Controlled);
procedure Adjust (Object : in out Root_Controlled);
- procedure Write (Stream : access Ada.Streams.Root_Stream_Type'Class;
- Item : in Root_Controlled);
- procedure Read (Stream : access Ada.Streams.Root_Stream_Type'Class;
- Item : out Root_Controlled);
+ -- Stream-oriented attibutes for Root_Controlled. These must be empty so
+ -- as to not copy the finalization chain pointers. They are declared in
+ -- a nested package so that they do not create primitive operations of
+ -- Root_Controlled. Otherwise this would add unwanted primitives to (the
+ -- full view of) Ada.Finalization.Limited_Controlled, which would cause
+ -- trouble in cases where a limited controlled type is used as the
+ -- designated type of a remote access-to-classwide type.
+
+ package Stream_Attributes is
+
+ procedure Write
+ (Stream : not null access Ada.Streams.Root_Stream_Type'Class;
+ Item : Root_Controlled) is null;
+
+ procedure Read
+ (Stream : not null access Ada.Streams.Root_Stream_Type'Class;
+ Item : out Root_Controlled) is null;
+
+ end Stream_Attributes;
+
+ for Root_Controlled'Read use Stream_Attributes.Read;
+ for Root_Controlled'Write use Stream_Attributes.Write;
- for Root_Controlled'Read use Read;
- for Root_Controlled'Write use Write;
end System.Finalization_Root;