Attribute.h

/**
* Pakal persist serializer - version 1.0
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* Copyright (C) 2015-2020, by Luis Alberto Gudiño Salinas (elios264@hotmail.com)
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* Copyright (C) 2006 - 2011, by Charles Baker (http://www.sweetsoftware.co.nz/persist_overview.html)
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#pragma once
#include <string>
#include <sstream>

namespace Pakal
{
	class  Attribute
	{
		std::string m_name;
		mutable std::string m_value;
		
	public:
		const std::string& name() const;

		template<class T> Attribute(const std::string& name, T value);

		void* address() const;
		bool boolean() const;
		int integer() const;
		unsigned int unsigned_integer() const;
		double real() const;
		const std::string& string() const;
		void string(const std::string& str) const;
	};

	template<class T>
	Attribute::Attribute(const std::string& name, T address) : m_name(name)
	{
		std::ostringstream stream;
		stream << address;
		m_value = stream.str();
	}
}