indexing
	description: "Ancestor of SPECIAL to perform queries on SPECIAL without knowing its actual generic type."
	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class."
	date: "$Date: 2006-01-22 18:25:44 -0800 (Sun, 22 Jan 2006) $"
	revision: "$Revision: 56675 $"

deferred class
	ABSTRACT_SPECIAL

feature -- Measurement

	count: INTEGER is
			-- Count of special area		
		deferred
		ensure
			count_non_negative: Result >= 0
		end

indexing
	library:	"EiffelBase: Library of reusable components for Eiffel."
	copyright:	"Copyright (c) 1984-2006, Eiffel Software and others"
	license:	"Eiffel Forum License v2 (see http://www.eiffel.com/licensing/forum.txt)"
	source: "[
			 Eiffel Software
			 356 Storke Road, Goleta, CA 93117 USA
			 Telephone 805-685-1006, Fax 805-685-6869
			 Website http://www.eiffel.com
			 Customer support http://support.eiffel.com
		]"






end
