unit uutlTypeInfo;

{$mode objfpc}{$H+}
{$ModeSwitch advancedrecords}

interface

uses
  Classes, SysUtils, variants;

type
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  TutlVariantType = (
    vtNull,

    // boolean
    vtBool,
    vtByteBool,
    vtWordBool,
    vtLongBool,

    // signed
    vtShortInt,
    vtSmallInt,
    vtLongInt,
    vtInt64,

    // unsigned
    vtByte,
    vtWord,
    vtLongWord,
    vtQuadWord,

    // floating point
    vtSingle,
    vtDouble,
    vtExtended,

    // characters
    vtAnsiChar,
    vtWideChar,

    // strings
    vtShortString,
    vtAnsiString,
    vtWideString,
    vtUnicodeString,
    vtUTF8String
  );

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  TutlVariant = packed record
  private
    function GetVarType: TutlVariantType;

  public
    property VarType: TutlVariantType read GetVarType;

  private
    case fType: TutlVariantType of
      vtNull:           ();

      // boolean
      vtBool:           (fBool: Boolean);
      vtByteBool:       (fByteBool: ByteBool);
      vtWordBool:       (fWordBool: WordBool);
      vtLongBool:       (fLongBool: LongBool);

      // signed
      vtShortInt:       (fShortInt: ShortInt);
      vtSmallInt:       (fSmallInt: SmallInt);
      vtLongInt:        (fLongInt: LongInt);
      vtInt64:          (fInt64: Int64);

      // unsigned
      vtByte:           (fByte: Byte);
      vtWord:           (fWord: Word);
      vtLongWord:       (fLongWord: LongWord);
      vtQuadWord:       (fQuadWord: QWord);

      // floating point
      vtSingle:         (fFloat: Single);
      vtDouble:         (fDouble: Double);
      vtExtended:       (fExtended: Extended);

      // characters
      vtAnsiChar:       (fAnsiChar: AnsiChar);
      vtWideChar:       (fWideChar: WideChar);

      // strings
      vtShortString:    (fShortString: ShortString);
  end;

implementation

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//TutlVariant////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
function TutlVariant.GetVarType: TutlVariantType;
begin
  result := fType;
end;

end.