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+/*
+ * variant_pointer.h
+ * Range routines
+ *
+ * Roland Knall <rknall@gmail.com>
+  *
+ * Wireshark - Network traffic analyzer
+ * By Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
+ * Copyright 1998 Gerald Combs
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef UI_QT_VARIANT_POINTER_H_
+#define UI_QT_VARIANT_POINTER_H_
+
+#include <QVariant>
+
+template <typename T> class VariantPointer
+{
+
+public:
+    static T* asPtr(QVariant v)
+    {
+        return  (T *) v.value<void *>();
+    }
+
+    static QVariant asQVariant(T* ptr)
+    {
+        return qVariantFromValue((void *) ptr);
+    }
+};
+
+#endif /* UI_QT_VARIANT_POINTER_H_ */