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 * Icinga 2                                                                   *
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#ifndef VARIANT_H
#define VARIANT_H

namespace icinga
{

/**
 * The type of a Variant object.
 */
enum I2_BASE_API VariantType
{
	VariantEmpty,
	VariantInteger,
	VariantString,
	VariantObject
};

/**
 * A type that can hold an arbitrary value.
 */
class I2_BASE_API Variant
{
private:
	mutable VariantType m_Type; /**< The type of the Variant. */

	mutable long m_IntegerValue; /**< The value of the Variant
				          if m_Type == VariantInteger */
	mutable string m_StringValue; /**< The value of the Variant
				           if m_Type == VariantString */
	mutable Object::Ptr m_ObjectValue; /**< The value of the Variant
					        if m_Type == VariantObject */

	void Convert(VariantType newType) const;

public:
	inline Variant(void) : m_Type(VariantEmpty) { }

	inline Variant(long value)
	    : m_Type(VariantInteger), m_IntegerValue(value) { }

	inline Variant(const char *value)
	    : m_Type(VariantString), m_StringValue(string(value)) { }

	inline Variant(string value)
	    : m_Type(VariantString), m_StringValue(value) { }

	template<typename T>
	Variant(const shared_ptr<T>& value)
	    : m_Type(VariantObject), m_ObjectValue(value) { }

	VariantType GetType(void) const;

	long GetInteger(void) const;
	string GetString(void) const;
	Object::Ptr GetObject(void) const;

	bool IsEmpty(void) const;

	operator long(void) const;
	operator string(void) const;
	operator Object::Ptr(void) const;
};

}

#endif /* VARIANT_H */