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/*
 *  Thing.h
 *
 *  Author: Paul Hamilton
 *      Date: 8 Jun 2011
 *
 */
#ifndef _THING_H
#define _THING_H

#include "Types.h"
#include "List.h"
#include "Array.h"

#include <string>
#include <boost/variant.hpp>
#include <boost/tuple/tuple.hpp>

namespace phlogo {

class List;

class Thing {
                
public:
        Thing() {}
    Thing(const std::string &s);
    
        void set(pThing thing);
        void set(const std::string &s);
        void set(long num);
        void set(double num);
        
        List allocList();
        Array allocArray(int size);
        List allocList(const tListArray &list);
        Array allocArray(const tListArray &array);
        
        std::string getWord();
        long getLong();
        double getDouble();
        List getList();
        Array getArray();
        
    long asLong();
    double asDouble();
    
        bool isWord();
        bool isLong();
        bool isDouble();
        bool isList();
        bool isArray();
        
        std::string str();
    
        std::string type();
        
private:

        typedef boost::tuple<bool, tListArray > tListData;
        
        boost::variant<
          tListData
          , std::string
          , long
      , double
        > _data;

};

}

#endif // _THING_H