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How to define a variant type?

fengxb
fengxb
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Hi,

Did anybody define "Variant" data type like windows's COM in ICE? I had defined a struct to present the variant.

enum ValueType {VTINT, VTSHORT, VTLONG, VTFLOAT, VTDOUBLE, VTSTRING, VTBYTE, VTBOOLEAN,
VTINTSEQ, VTSHORTSEQ, VTLONGSEQ, VTFLOATSEQ, VTDOUBLESEQ, VTSTRINGSEQ, VTBYTESEQ, VTBOOLEANSEQ};
struct Variant
{
ValueType type;
Ice::ByteSeq byValues;
};

I'm not very satisfact with the definition. Have any more suggestion?

Thanks in advance.

Comments

  • marc
    marc Florida
    Is "Variant" the same as a union type? If so, I recommend to use a class hierarchy, e.g.:

    class VariantBase { };

    class VariantInt extends VariantBase { int value; };

    class VariantDouble extends VariantBase { double value; };

    etc.
  • fengxb
    fengxb
    Thanks a lot. Let me try.

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