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 * Icinga 2                                                                   *
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#ifndef VARIANT_H
#define VARIANT_H

namespace icinga
{

/**
 * A type that can hold an arbitrary value.
 *
 * @ingroup base
 */
class I2_BASE_API Variant
{
public:
	inline Variant(void)
		: m_Value()
	{ }

	inline Variant(int value)
		: m_Value(static_cast<long>(value))
	{ }

	inline Variant(long value)
		: m_Value(value)
	{ }

	inline Variant(double value)
		: m_Value(value)
	{ }

	inline Variant(bool value)
		: m_Value(static_cast<long>(value))
	{ }

	inline Variant(const string& value)
		: m_Value(value)
	{ }

	inline Variant(const char *value)
		: m_Value(string(value))
	{ }

	template<typename T>
	inline Variant(const shared_ptr<T>& value)
	{
		Object::Ptr object = dynamic_pointer_cast<Object>(value);

		if (!object)
			throw invalid_argument("shared_ptr value type must inherit from Object class.");

		m_Value = object;
	}

	operator long(void) const
	{
		if (m_Value.type() != typeid(long)) {
			return boost::lexical_cast<long>(m_Value);
		} else {
			return boost::get<long>(m_Value);
		}
	}

	operator double(void) const
	{
		if (m_Value.type() != typeid(double)) {
			return boost::lexical_cast<double>(m_Value);
		} else {
			return boost::get<double>(m_Value);
		}
	}

	operator bool(void) const
	{
		return (static_cast<long>(*this) != 0);
	}

	operator string(void) const
	{
		if (m_Value.type() != typeid(string)) {
			string result = boost::lexical_cast<string>(m_Value);
			m_Value = result;
			return result;
		} else {
			return boost::get<string>(m_Value);
		}
	}

	template<typename T>
	operator shared_ptr<T>(void) const
	{
		shared_ptr<T> object = dynamic_pointer_cast<T>(boost::get<Object::Ptr>(m_Value));

		if (!object)
			throw bad_cast();

		return object;
	}

	bool IsEmpty(void) const;
	bool IsScalar(void) const;
	bool IsObject(void) const;

	template<typename T>
	bool IsObjectType(void) const
	{
		if (!IsObject())
			return false;

		return (dynamic_pointer_cast<T>(boost::get<Object::Ptr>(m_Value)));
	}

private:
	mutable boost::variant<boost::blank, long, double, string, Object::Ptr> m_Value;
};

}

#endif /* VARIANT_H */