:- object(ellipse(_RX, _RY, _Color),
	imports(proto_hierarchy)).


	:- info([
		authors is 'Paulo Moura',
		version is 1.0,
		date is 2000/4/22,
		comment is 'Parametric object for representing geometric ellipses.',
		parnames is ['RX', 'RY', 'Color'],
		source is 'Example adopted from the SICStus Objects documentation.']).


	:- uses(math_constants).


	:- public(color/1).

	:- mode(color(?atom), zero_or_one).

	:- info(color/1, [
		comment is 'Ellipse color.',
		argnames is ['Color']]).


	:- public(rx/1).

	:- mode(rx(?number), zero_or_one).

	:- info(rx/1, [
		comment is 'Ellipse x axis.',
		argnames is ['Rx']]).


	:- public(ry/1).

	:- mode(ry(?number), zero_or_one).

	:- info(ry/1, [
		comment is 'Ellipse y axis.',
		argnames is ['Ry']]).


	:- public(area/1).

	:- mode(area(-number), one).

	:- info(area/1, [
		comment is 'Ellipse area.',
		argnames is ['Area']]).


	:- public(context/0).

	:- mode(context, one).

	:- info(context/0, [
		comment is 'Shows execution context (self, this and sender values).']).


	color(Color) :-
		parameter(3, Color).


	rx(Rx) :-
		parameter(1, Rx).


	ry(Ry) :-
		parameter(2, Ry).


	area(Area) :-
		::rx(Rx),
		::ry(Ry),
		math_constants::pi(Pi),
		Area is Rx*Ry*Pi.


	context :-
		write(ellipse3), nl,
		self(Self), write('self: '), writeq(Self), nl,
		this(This), write('this: '), writeq(This), nl,
		sender(Sender), write('sender: '), writeq(Sender), nl, nl.


:- end_object.