#ifndef QPID_STORE_MSSQL_VARIANTHELPER_H
#define QPID_STORE_MSSQL_VARIANTHELPER_H

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#include <comutil.h>

namespace qpid {
namespace store {
namespace ms_sql {

/**
 * @class VariantHelper
 *
 * Class template to wrap the details of working with _variant_t objects.
 */
template <class Wrapped> class VariantHelper {
private:
    _variant_t var;

public:
    VariantHelper();
    VariantHelper(const Wrapped &init);

    VariantHelper& operator =(const Wrapped& rhs);
    operator const _variant_t& () const;
};

// Specialization for using _variant_t to wrap a std::string
template<> class VariantHelper<std::string> {
private:
    _variant_t var;

public:
    VariantHelper(const std::string &init);
    VariantHelper& operator =(const std::string& rhs);
    operator const _variant_t& () const;
};

}}}  // namespace qpid::store::ms_sql

#endif /* QPID_STORE_MSSQL_VARIANTHELPER_H */