/*
Copyright (c) 2013 Daniele Bartolini, Michele Rossi
Copyright (c) 2012 Daniele Bartolini, Simone Boscaratto

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*/

#pragma once

#include "Types.h"

namespace crown
{

class Generic
{
public:

	enum Type
	{
		GT_UNDEFINED	= 0,

		// Basic types
		GT_INT			= 1,
		GT_UINT			= 2,
		GT_USHORT		= 3,
		GT_FLOAT		= 4,
		GT_BOOL			= 5
	};

					Generic();
					Generic(const Generic& other);
					~Generic();

	explicit		Generic(int32_t value);
	explicit		Generic(uint32_t value);
	explicit		Generic(uint16_t value);
	explicit		Generic(float value);
	explicit		Generic(bool value);
	explicit		Generic(const char* value);

	inline Type		get_type() const { return m_type; }

	bool			as_int32_t(int32_t& out) const;
	int32_t			as_int32_t() const;

	bool			as_uint32_t(uint32_t& out) const;
	uint32_t		as_uint32_t() const;

	bool			as_uint16_t(uint16_t& out) const;
	uint16_t	as_uint16_t() const;

	bool			as_float(float& out) const;
	float			as_float() const;

	bool			as_bool(bool& out) const;
	bool			as_bool() const;

	template <typename T>
	bool			as_type(T* out) const;
	template <typename T>
	T*				as_type() const;

	const Generic&	operator=(const Generic& other);

	bool			operator==(const Generic& other);

private:

	union Data
	{
		int32_t		int32_t_value;
		uint32_t	uint32_t_value;
		uint16_t	uint16_t_value;
		float		float_value;
		bool		bool_value;
	};

	Type			m_type;
	Data			m_data;
};

template <typename T>
bool Generic::as_type(T* out) const
{
//	if (mType == GT_Object)
//	{
//		*out = dynamic_cas_t<T>(mData.object_value);
//		return *out != NULL || mData.object_value == NULL;
//	}

	return false;
}

template <typename T>
T* Generic::as_type() const
{
//	if (mType == GT_Object)
//	{
//		return dynamic_cast<T*>(mData.object_value);
//	}

	return NULL;
}

} //namespace crown