#region ================== Copyright (c) 2007 Pascal vd Heiden

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2007 Pascal vd Heiden, www.codeimp.com
 * This program is released under GNU General Public License
 * 
 * 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.
 * 
 */

#endregion

#region ================== Namespaces

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Specialized;

#endregion

namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.IO
{
	public sealed class UniversalEntry
	{
		#region ================== Constants

		#endregion

		#region ================== Variables

		private string key;
		private object value;
		
		#endregion

		#region ================== Properties

		public string Key { get { return key; } }
		public object Value { get { return value; } }

		#endregion

		#region ================== Constructor / Disposer

		// Constructor
		public UniversalEntry(string key, object value)
		{
			// Initialize
			this.key = key;
			this.value = value;
		}
		
		#endregion

		#region ================== Methods

		// This checks if the value is of the given type
		// Will throw and exception when it is not
		public void ValidateType(Type t)
		{
			if(value.GetType() != t) throw new Exception("The value of entry '" + key + "' is of incompatible type (expected " + t.Name + ")");
		}
		
		#endregion
	}
}