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+/***************************************************************************
+ * value.h
+ * This file is part of the KDE project
+ * copyright (C)2004-2005 by Sebastian Sauer (mail@dipe.org)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
+ * along with this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+ * the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+#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
+