//==============================================================
/**
*  @file  Any_Handler.h
*
*  $Id$
*
*  @author Jules White <jules@dre.vanderbilt.edu>
*/
//================================================================

#ifndef CIAO_CONFIG_HANDLERS_ANY_HANDLER_H
#define CIAO_CONFIG_HANDLERS_ANY_HANDLER_H
#include /**/ "ace/pre.h"

#include "Config_Handlers_Export.h"

#if !defined (ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE)
# pragma once
#endif /* ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE */

#include "tao/Versioned_Namespace.h"

TAO_BEGIN_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL
namespace CORBA
{
class Any;
}
TAO_END_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL

namespace CIAO
{
namespace Config_Handlers
{
class Any;

/*
* @class Any_Handler
*
* @brief Handler class for <ComponentInterfaceDescription> types.
*
* This class defines handler methods to map values from
* XSC Any objects, parsed from the descriptor files, to the
* corresponding CORBA IDL Any type.
*
*/
class Config_Handlers_Export Any_Handler
{
public:
Any_Handler (void);
virtual ~Any_Handler (void);

static void extract_into_any (const Any& desc,
::CORBA::Any& toconfig);

static Any get_any (const CORBA::Any &src);
};
}
}

#include /**/ "ace/post.h"
#endif /* CIAO_CONFIG_HANDLERS_ANY_HANDLER_H*/