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 * value.h
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#ifndef KROSS_API_VALUE_H
#define KROSS_API_VALUE_H

#include <qstring.h>
#include <qvariant.h>

#include "object.h"

namespace Kross { namespace Api {

    /**
     * Template class to represent values.
     *
     * Classes like \a Variant or \a List are implementing this
     * class. That way we have a common base for all kind of
     * values.
     */
    template<class T, class V>
    class Value : public Object
    {
        public:

            /**
             * Constructor.
             *
             * \param value The initial value this
             *        Value has.
             */
            Value(V value)
                : Object()
                , m_value(value) {}

            /**
             * Destructor.
             */
            virtual ~Value() {}

            //operator V&() const { return m_value; }

            /**
             * Return the value.
             *
             * \return The value this Value-class holds.
             */
            V& getValue() { return m_value; }
            //operator V& () { return m_value; }

            template<typename TYPE>
            static Object::Ptr toObject(TYPE t) { return new T(t); }

#if 0
//do we need it anyway?
            /**
             * Set the value.
             * The value is call-by-value cause it may
             * contain some KShared and therefore
             * we need to keep a local copy to keep
             * it from disappearing.
             *
             * \param value The value to set.
             */
            void setValue(V& value) { m_value = value; }
#endif

        private:
            V m_value;
    };

}}

#endif

