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--  This unit provides the basic support for controlled (finalizable) types

with Ada.Streams;
with Unchecked_Conversion;

package System.Finalization_Root is
pragma Preelaborate (Finalization_Root);

   type Root_Controlled;

   type Finalizable_Ptr is access all Root_Controlled'Class;

   function To_Finalizable_Ptr is
     new Unchecked_Conversion (Address, Finalizable_Ptr);

   function To_Addr is
     new Unchecked_Conversion (Finalizable_Ptr, Address);

   type Empty_Root_Controlled is abstract tagged null record;
   --  Just for the sake of Controlled equality (see Ada.Finalization)

   type Root_Controlled is new Empty_Root_Controlled with record
      Prev, Next : Finalizable_Ptr;
   end record;
   subtype Finalizable is Root_Controlled'Class;

   procedure Initialize (Object : in out Root_Controlled);
   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);

   for Root_Controlled'Read use Read;
   for Root_Controlled'Write use Write;
end System.Finalization_Root;