deferred class
	ECOM_STRUCTURE

General
	cluster: structures
	description: "Abstract notions of a COM data structure."

Ancestors
	WEL_STRUCTURE*

Queries
	exists: BOOLEAN
	is_equal (other: [like Current] ECOM_STRUCTURE): BOOLEAN
	item: POINTER
	shared: BOOLEAN
	structure_size: INTEGER_32

Commands
	copy (other: [like Current] ECOM_STRUCTURE)
	dispose
	initialize
	initialize_with_character (a_character: CHARACTER_8)
	memory_copy (source_pointer: POINTER; length: INTEGER_32)
	set_shared
	set_unshared
	set_value (source: [like Current] ECOM_STRUCTURE)