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#ifndef HBVARIANT_P_H

#define HBVARIANT_P_H

#include <QColor>

#include <QString>

#include <QVariant>

#include <QAtomicInt>

#include "hbmemoryutils_p.h"

class HbString;

class HB_CORE_PRIVATE_EXPORT HbVariant

{

friend class TestHbVariant;

public:

    enum Type {

        Invalid = 0,

        Int = 1,

        Double = 2,

        String = 3,

        StringList = 4,

        Color = 5,

        LastType = 0xffffffff // need this so that gcc >= 3.4 allocates 32 bits for Type

    };

private:

    struct HbVariantData 

    {

        HbVariantData()

            : mDataType(Invalid),

              stringSize(0),

              mRef(1)

        {

        }

        union Data

        {

            int i;

            double d;

            int offset;

        } mData;

        Type mDataType;

        int stringSize;

        QAtomicInt mRef;

    };

public:

    HbVariant(HbMemoryManager::MemoryType type=HbMemoryManager::InvalidMemory);

    HbVariant(const HbVariant &other);

    HbVariant(int val, HbMemoryManager::MemoryType type);

    HbVariant(double val, HbMemoryManager::MemoryType type);

    HbVariant(const QString &str, HbMemoryManager::MemoryType type);

    HbVariant(const char *val, HbMemoryManager::MemoryType type);

    HbVariant(const QColor &col, HbMemoryManager::MemoryType type);

    ~HbVariant();

    HbMemoryManager::MemoryType memoryType()

    {

        return mMemoryType;

    }

    Type type()

    {

        HbVariantData *data = getAddress<HbVariantData>(mMemoryType, mDataOffset, mShared);

        return data->mDataType;

    }

#ifdef CSS_PARSER_TRACES

    bool supportsPrinting() const;

    void print() const;

#endif

    int toInt() const;

    QString toString() const;

    QColor toColor() const;

    QStringList toStringList () const;

    double toDouble() const;

    HbVariant & operator=( int val );

    HbVariant & operator=( double val );

    HbVariant & operator=( const QString& val );

    HbVariant & operator=( const HbString& val );

    HbVariant & operator=( const QColor& col );

    HbVariant & operator=( const QStringList& /*strList*/ );

    HbVariant & operator=( const HbVariant& other );

    bool canConvert ( HbVariant::Type t ) const;

    bool convert ( HbVariant::Type t );

    operator QVariant() const;

    void clear();

private:

    HbVariantData * initializeData();

    void fillColorData(const QColor &col);

    QString getString() const;

    QColor getColor() const;

    /**

     * to get address in given memory type for given offset

     * @Todo : this function needs to be fixed as hbstring taking mshared as another argument.

     */

    template<typename T>

    T * getAddress( HbMemoryManager::MemoryType type, int offset, bool shared ) const

    {

        T* data = 0;

        if( shared == true ) {

            data = HbMemoryUtils::getAddress<T>(HbMemoryManager::SharedMemory, offset);

        } else {

            data = HbMemoryUtils::getAddress<T>(type, offset);

        }

        Q_ASSERT(data != 0);

        return data;

    }

    void detach();

private:

    HbMemoryManager::MemoryType mMemoryType;

    bool mShared;    

    int mDataOffset;

};

#endif // HBVARIANT_P_H