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+/*
+// Copyright (c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+#pragma once
+#include <boost/variant.hpp>
+#include <string>
+
+struct VariantToFloatVisitor : public boost::static_visitor<float>
+{
+    template <typename T> float operator()(const T &t) const
+    {
+        return static_cast<float>(t);
+    }
+};
+template <>
+inline float VariantToFloatVisitor::
+    operator()<std::string>(const std::string &s) const
+{
+    throw std::invalid_argument("Cannot translate string to float");
+}
+
+struct VariantToIntVisitor : public boost::static_visitor<int>
+{
+    template <typename T> int operator()(const T &t) const
+    {
+        return static_cast<int>(t);
+    }
+};
+template <>
+inline int VariantToIntVisitor::
+    operator()<std::string>(const std::string &s) const
+{
+    throw std::invalid_argument("Cannot translate string to int");
+}
+
+struct VariantToUnsignedIntVisitor : public boost::static_visitor<unsigned int>
+{
+    template <typename T> unsigned int operator()(const T &t) const
+    {
+        return static_cast<int>(t);
+    }
+};
+template <>
+inline unsigned int VariantToUnsignedIntVisitor::
+    operator()<std::string>(const std::string &s) const
+{
+    throw std::invalid_argument("Cannot translate string to unsigned int");
+}
+
+struct VariantToStringVisitor : public boost::static_visitor<std::string>
+{
+    template <typename T> std::string operator()(const T &t) const
+    {
+        return std::to_string(t);
+    }
+};
+template <>
+inline std::string VariantToStringVisitor::
+    operator()<std::string>(const std::string &s) const
+{
+    return s;
+}
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