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#ifndef _U2_WORKFLOW_PEER_H_
#define _U2_WORKFLOW_PEER_H_

#include <U2Lang/Descriptor.h>

namespace U2 {

namespace Workflow {

/**
* wrapper throw 'void*'
* use as a base class to store any pointer in your class
*/
class U2LANG_EXPORT Peer {
public:
    Peer()
        : peer(NULL) {
    }
    virtual ~Peer() {
    }

    // casting to whatever you want
    template<typename T>
    inline T *castPeer() const {
        return (T *)(peer);
    }

    void *getPeer() const {
        return peer;
    }
    void setPeer(void *p) {
        peer = p;
    }

protected:
    // any pointer
    void *peer;

};    // Peer

}    // namespace Workflow

}    // namespace U2

#endif    // _U2_WORKFLOW_PEER_H_
