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+/*************************************************************************
+ *
+ *  $RCSfile: Any.cs,v $
+ *
+ *  $Revision: 1.2 $
+ *
+ *  last change: $ $Date: 2004-09-20 14:35:36 $
+ *
+ *  The Contents of this file are made available subject to the terms of
+ *  either of the following licenses
+ *
+ *         - GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1
+ *         - Sun Industry Standards Source License Version 1.1
+ *
+ *  Sun Microsystems Inc., October, 2000
+ *
+ *  GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1
+ *  =============================================
+ *  Copyright 2000 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+ *  901 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA
+ *
+ *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *  License version 2.1, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
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+ *
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+ *
+ *
+ *  Sun Industry Standards Source License Version 1.1
+ *  =================================================
+ *  The contents of this file are subject to the Sun Industry Standards
+ *  Source License Version 1.1 (the "License"); You may not use this file
+ *  except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the
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+ *
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+ *  The Initial Developer of the Original Code is: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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+ *  Contributor(s): _______________________________________
+ *
+ *
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+using System;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace uno
+{
+
+/** This class can be used as a base class for UNO objects.
+    It implements the capability to be kept weakly
+    (unoidl.com.sun.star.uno.XWeak) and it implements
+    unoidl.com.sun.star.lang.XTypeProvider which is necessary for
+    using the object from StarBasic.
+*/
+public struct Any
+{
+    private object _value;
+    private Type _type;
+
+    public static Any VOID = new Any(typeof(void), null);
+    
+    private static void checkArgs(Type type, Object value)
+    {
+        //value can only be null if type == void
+        if (type == null 
+			|| (value == null 
+                && type != typeof(void) 
+                && type != typeof(object) 
+                && type.IsInterface == false))
+            throw new System.Exception(
+                "uno.Any: Constructor called with illegal arguments!");
+        //If value is a polymorphic struct then type must be
+        //uno.Polymorphic
+        if (value != null)
+        {
+            TypeParametersAttribute t = (TypeParametersAttribute) Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(
+                value.GetType(), typeof(TypeParametersAttribute));
+            if (t != null && !(type is PolymorphicType))
+                throw new System.Exception(
+                    "uno.Any: The value has a polymorphic type but the type argument is not " +
+                    "uno.PolymorphicType. Please use the constructor Any(Type, object) and " +
+                    "supply a uno.PolymorphicType as type argument!");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** constructs an instance.
+
+       <p>If the arguments ar invalid then an exception is thrown.</p>
+       @exception System.Exception
+     */
+    public Any(Type type, object value)
+    {
+        checkArgs(type, value);
+        _type = type;
+        _value = value;
+    }
+
+    /** sets the type and value.
+       <p>If the arguments ar invalid then an exception is thrown.</p>
+       @exception System.Exception
+     */
+    public void setValue(Type type, object value)
+    {
+        checkArgs(type, value);
+        _type = type;
+        _value = value;
+    }
+    
+    public Type Type
+    {
+        get
+        {
+            if (_type == null)
+                _type = typeof(void);
+            return _type;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public Object Value
+    {
+        get
+        {
+            return _value;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    public Any(char value): this(typeof(char), value)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public Any(bool value): this(typeof(bool), value)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public Any(byte value): this(typeof(byte), value)
+    {
+    }
+    
+    public Any(short value): this(typeof(short), value)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public Any(ushort value): this(typeof(ushort), value)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public Any(int value): this(typeof(int), value)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public Any(uint value): this(typeof(uint), value)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public Any(long value): this(typeof(long), value)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public Any(ulong value): this(typeof(ulong), value)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public Any(float value): this(typeof(float), value)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public Any(double value): this(typeof(double), value)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public Any(Type value): this(typeof(Type), value)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public Any(string value): this(typeof(string), value)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public override string ToString()
+    {
+        StringBuilder msg = new StringBuilder("uno.Any { Type= ");
+        msg.Append(Type.ToString());
+        msg.Append(", Value=");
+        msg.Append(Value.ToString());
+        msg.Append("}");
+        return msg.ToString();
+    }
+    
+    public bool hasValue()
+    {
+        if (Type == null || Type == typeof(void))
+            return false;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public override bool Equals(object obj)
+    {
+        if (obj != null)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                return Equals((Any) obj);
+            }
+            catch (InvalidCastException)
+            {
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public bool Equals(Any obj)
+    {
+        return Type.Equals(obj.Type)
+            && (Value == null ?
+            obj.Value == null  :
+            Value.Equals(obj.Value));
+    }
+
+    public override int GetHashCode()
+    {
+        return Type.GetHashCode() ^ (Value != null ? Value.GetHashCode() : 0);
+    }   
+}
+
+}
+