+/** The base class of the container 'ValueContainer'
+ * used internally by the core to hold core values.
+ */
+class ValueContainerBase
+{
+ public:
+ ValueContainerBase() { }
+ virtual ~ValueContainerBase() { }
+};
+
+/** ValueContainer is used to contain pointers to different
+ * core values such as the server name, maximum number of
+ * clients etc.
+ * It is specialized to hold a data type, then pointed at
+ * a value in the ServerConfig class. When the value has been
+ * read and validated, the Set method is called to write the
+ * value safely in a type-safe manner.
+ */
+template<typename T> class ValueContainer : public ValueContainerBase
+{
+ T val;