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#ifndef INCLUDED_BINARYURP_SOURCE_BINARYANY_HXX
#define INCLUDED_BINARYURP_SOURCE_BINARYANY_HXX

#include "sal/config.h"

#include "uno/any2.h"

namespace com { namespace sun { namespace star { namespace uno {
    class TypeDescription;
} } } }

namespace binaryurp {

class BinaryAny {
public:
    BinaryAny() throw ();

    BinaryAny(com::sun::star::uno::TypeDescription const & type, void * value)
        throw ();

    explicit BinaryAny(uno_Any const & raw) throw ();
        // takes over raw.pData (but copies raw.pType); raw must not be passed
        // to uno_any_destruct

    BinaryAny(BinaryAny const & other) throw ();

    ~BinaryAny() throw ();

    BinaryAny & operator =(BinaryAny const & other) throw ();

    uno_Any * get() throw ();

    com::sun::star::uno::TypeDescription getType() const throw ();

    void * getValue(com::sun::star::uno::TypeDescription const & type) const
        throw ();

private:
    mutable uno_Any data_;
        // mutable so that getValue() can return a non-const void *, as in turn
        // required at various places in binary UNO
};

}

#endif