// @(#)root/io:$Id: TVirtualObject.h 25450 2008-09-18 21:13:42Z pcanal $
// Author: Philippe Canal July, 2008

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#ifndef ROOT_TVirtualObject
#define ROOT_TVirtualObject


//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//                                                                      //
// TVirtualObject                                                       //
//                                                                      //
// Wrapper around an object and giving indirect access to its content    //
// even if the object is not of a class in the Cint/Reflex dictionary.  //
//                                                                      //
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#include "TClassRef.h"

class TVirtualObject {
public:
   TClassRef  fClass;
   void      *fObject;

   TVirtualObject( TClass *cl ) : fClass(cl), fObject( cl ? cl->New() : 0 ) {};
   ~TVirtualObject() { if (fClass) fClass->Destructor( fObject ); }

   TClass *GetClass() { return fClass; }
   void   *GetObject() { return fObject; }

};

#endif // ROOT_TVirtualObject