# Abstract class for the SequenceRead compatible
# views on the chars of any Text
private abstract class StringCharView
	super SequenceRead[Char]

	type SELFTYPE: Text

	var target: SELFTYPE

	redef fun is_empty do return target.is_empty

	redef fun length do return target.length

	redef fun iterator: IndexedIterator[Char] do return self.iterator_from(0)

	redef fun reverse_iterator do return self.reverse_iterator_from(self.length - 1)
end