massspec/variant.h

#ifndef _VARIANT_H_
#define _VARIANT_H_

/* Copyright (c) Kyriacos Leptos and the President and Fellows of Harvard University
   Release Date: 2004-11-01
   Part of the MapQuant suite library "massspec.lib" 
*/

union VariantPointer
{
        double*                 pDouble;           /* value of a VAR          */
        Segment*                pSegment;
        Peak2i*                 pPeak;
        FPeak2i*                pFPeak;
        PeakGroup*              pPeakgroup;
};

typedef union VariantPointer VariantPointer;

struct VariantArray
{
        unsigned isPointer : 1;
        VariantPointer array_value;
        int            array_size;
        int                        array_type;
};

typedef struct VariantArray VariantArray;


union Variant
{
        
        int                                             value_i;
        float                                   value_f;
        char*                                   value_s;
        double                                  value_d;

        struct Map2D                    value_m;

        struct Segment                  value_a;
                    Peak2i                      value_p;
                   FPeak2i                      value_k;
        struct PeakGroup                value_g;
        
        struct VariantArray             value_r;
        struct SegmentHandler   value_h;
};

typedef union Variant Variant;



#endif

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