+/** 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;
+
+ public:
+
+ ValueContainer()
+ {
+ val = NULL;
+ }
+
+ ValueContainer(T Val)
+ {
+ val = Val;
+ }
+
+ void Set(T newval, size_t s)
+ {
+ memcpy(val, newval, s);
+ }
+};
+
+/** A specialization of ValueContainer to hold a pointer to a bool
+ */
+typedef ValueContainer<bool*> ValueContainerBool;
+
+/** A specialization of ValueContainer to hold a pointer to
+ * an unsigned int
+ */
+typedef ValueContainer<unsigned int*> ValueContainerUInt;
+
+/** A specialization of ValueContainer to hold a pointer to
+ * a char array.
+ */
+typedef ValueContainer<char*> ValueContainerChar;
+
+/** A specialization of ValueContainer to hold a pointer to
+ * an int
+ */
+typedef ValueContainer<int*> ValueContainerInt;
+
+/** A set of ValueItems used by multi-value validator functions
+ */
+typedef std::deque<ValueItem> ValueList;
+
+/** A callback for validating a single value
+ */
+typedef bool (*Validator)(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, const char*, ValueItem&);
+/** A callback for validating multiple value entries
+ */
+typedef bool (*MultiValidator)(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, char**, ValueList&, int*);
+/** A callback indicating the end of a group of entries
+ */
+typedef bool (*MultiNotify)(ServerConfig* conf, const char*);
+
+/** Holds a core configuration item and its callbacks
+ */