root/tlate/structured_value.hh

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#ifndef GUARD_TLATE_STRUCTURED_VALUE_HH
#define GUARD_TLATE_STRUCTURED_VALUE_HH

#include "value.hh"

#include <string>

namespace tlate
{
        class structured_value : public value
        {
        public:
                typedef boost::shared_ptr<structured_value> ptr;
                typedef boost::shared_ptr<const structured_value> const_ptr;

                structured_value() {}

                virtual value::const_ptr get(std::string) const = 0;

                static value::const_ptr get(value::const_ptr v, std::string s) {
                        const_ptr p =
                                boost::dynamic_pointer_cast
                                <const structured_value>
                                (v);
                        if (p) return p->get(s); else return value::ptr();
                }
                void print(std::ostream &) const {}
        };
};

#endif /* GUARD_TLATE_STRUCTURED_VALUE_HH */