Code is all reorganized. We're about ready to release. I should write up a

little explenation of the arrangement.

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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2011 Xagasoft, All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This file is part of the libbu++ library and is released under the
+ * terms of the license contained in the file LICENSE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef BU_VARIANT_H
+#define BU_VARIANT_H
+
+//#include <bu/string.h>
+#include <typeinfo>
+// #include <bu/formatter.h>
+
+#ifndef NULL
+#define NULL (0L)
+#endif
+
+#include "bu/exceptionbase.h"
+
+namespace Bu
+{
+        class String;
+        class Formatter;
+        class Variant;
+        /** @cond DEVEL */
+        template<class t> class VariantType;
+
+        class VariantTypeRoot
+        {
+        public:
+                VariantTypeRoot();
+                virtual ~VariantTypeRoot();
+
+                virtual const std::type_info &getType() const=0;
+                virtual VariantTypeRoot *clone() const=0;
+                virtual void format( Bu::Formatter &f ) const=0;
+        };
+
+        template<class t>
+        class VariantType : public VariantTypeRoot
+        {
+                friend class Variant;
+        private:
+                VariantType()
+                {
+                }
+
+                VariantType( const t &d ) : 
+                        data( d )
+                {
+                }
+
+                VariantType( const VariantType<t> &vt ) :
+                        data( vt.data )
+                {
+                }
+
+                virtual ~VariantType()
+                {
+                }
+
+        public:
+                t &getData()
+                {
+                        return data;
+                }
+                
+                const t &getData() const
+                {
+                        return data;
+                }
+
+                virtual void format( Formatter &f ) const
+                {
+                        f << data;
+                }
+
+                virtual const std::type_info &getType() const
+                {
+                        return typeid( data );
+                }
+
+                VariantType<t> operator=( const t &rhs )
+                {
+                        data = rhs;
+
+                        return *this;
+                }
+
+                virtual VariantTypeRoot *clone() const
+                {
+                        return new VariantType<t>( *this );
+                }
+
+        private:
+                t data;
+        };
+        /** @endcond */
+
+        /**
+         * Store any data type and access it safely.  Variant gives you a way to
+         * pass arbitrary data types around without having to worry about what
+         * type a variable is.  It allows code to be easily extended and to manage
+         * data without having to know what type it is ahead of time.
+         *
+         * Because of the generic method that this class was implemented it may seem
+         * to have some drawbacks compared to other Variant classes you may have
+         * seen, however it is fairly easy to get it to do just about anything you
+         * may need.  It is also very low overhead.  On most compilers the class
+         * itself has only 3 words of overhead + the size of the variable you store
+         * in it.  And, since many parts of it are templatized they can often be
+         * optimized quite a bit.
+         */
+        class Variant
+        {
+        friend Bu::Formatter &operator<<( Bu::Formatter &f, const Variant &v );
+        public:
+                Variant();
+                Variant( const Variant &v );
+                Variant( const char *t );
+                template<class t>
+                Variant( const t &v ) :
+                        pCore( new VariantType<t>() )
+                {
+                        (*dynamic_cast<VariantType<t> *>(pCore)) = v;
+                }
+                virtual ~Variant();
+
+                Bu::String toString() const;
+                bool isSet() const;
+                const std::type_info &getType() const;
+
+                Variant &operator=( const Variant &rhs );
+
+                template<class t>
+                Variant &operator=( const t &rhs )
+                {
+                        if( pCore ) // && pCore->getType() != typeid(t) )
+                        {
+                                delete pCore;
+                                pCore = NULL;
+                        }
+                        pCore = new VariantType<t>();
+                        (*dynamic_cast<VariantType<t> *>(pCore)) = rhs;
+                        return *this;
+                }
+
+                template<class t>
+                t &get()
+                {
+                        if( !pCore )
+                        {
+                                throw Bu::ExceptionBase("No data!");
+                        }
+                        if( pCore->getType() != typeid(t) )
+                        {
+                                throw Bu::ExceptionBase("Invalid type conversion.");
+                        }
+                        return dynamic_cast<VariantType<t> *>(pCore)->getData();
+                }
+                
+                template<class t>
+                t &get() const
+                {
+                        if( !pCore )
+                        {
+                                throw Bu::ExceptionBase("No data!");
+                        }
+                        if( pCore->getType() != typeid(t) )
+                        {
+                                throw Bu::ExceptionBase("Invalid type conversion.");
+                        }
+                        return dynamic_cast<VariantType<t> *>(pCore)->getData();
+                }
+                
+                template<class t>
+                void set( const t &val )
+                {
+                        if( pCore && pCore->getType() != typeid(t) )
+                        {
+                                delete pCore;
+                                pCore = NULL;
+                        }
+                        pCore = new VariantType<t>();
+                        (*dynamic_cast<VariantType<t> *>(pCore)) = val;
+                }
+
+                template<class t>
+                bool isType() const
+                {
+                        return pCore->getType() == typeid(t);
+                }
+
+                template<class t>
+                operator t()
+                {
+                        if( !pCore )
+                        {
+                                throw Bu::ExceptionBase("No data!");
+                        }
+                        if( pCore->getType() != typeid(t) )
+                        {
+                                throw Bu::ExceptionBase("Invalid type conversion.");
+                        }
+                        return dynamic_cast<VariantType<t> *>(pCore)->getData();
+                }
+                
+                template<class t>
+                operator t() const
+                {
+                        if( !pCore )
+                        {
+                                throw Bu::ExceptionBase("No data!");
+                        }
+                        if( pCore->getType() != typeid(t) )
+                        {
+                                throw Bu::ExceptionBase("Invalid type conversion.");
+                        }
+                        return dynamic_cast<VariantType<t> *>(pCore)->getData();
+                }
+
+        private:
+                VariantTypeRoot *pCore;
+        };
+/*
+        template<class t>
+        Bu::Formatter &operator<<( Bu::Formatter &f, const VariantType<t> &vt )
+        {
+                return f << vt.getData;
+        }*/
+
+        Bu::Formatter &operator<<( Bu::Formatter &f, const Variant &v );
+};
+
+#endif