// This file is distributed under the BSD License.
// See "license.txt" for details.
// Copyright 2009-2010, Jonathan Turner (jturner@minnow-lang.org)
// and Jason Turner (lefticus@gmail.com)
// http://www.chaiscript.com

#ifndef __boxed_cast_hpp__
#define __boxed_cast_hpp__

#include "type_info.hpp"
#include "boxed_value.hpp"
#include "boxed_cast_helper.hpp"
#include "dynamic_cast_conversion.hpp"

#include "../chaiscript_threading.hpp"
#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
#include <boost/any.hpp>
#include <boost/function.hpp>
#include <boost/ref.hpp>
#include <boost/cstdint.hpp>
#include <boost/type_traits/add_const.hpp>
#include <boost/integer_traits.hpp>

namespace chaiscript 
{
  
  /**
   * boxed_cast function for casting a Boxed_Value into a given type
   * example:
   * int &i = boxed_cast<int &>(boxedvalue);
   */
  template<typename Type>
  typename detail::Cast_Helper<Type>::Result_Type boxed_cast(const Boxed_Value &bv)
  {
    try {
      return detail::Cast_Helper<Type>::cast(bv);
    } catch (const boost::bad_any_cast &) {
      try {
        // We will not catch any bad_boxed_dynamic_cast that is thrown, let the user get it
        // either way, we are not responsible if it doesn't work
        return detail::Cast_Helper<Type>::cast(boxed_dynamic_cast<Type>(bv));
      } catch (const boost::bad_any_cast &) {
        throw bad_boxed_cast(bv.get_type_info(), typeid(Type));
      }
    } 
  }

}



#endif