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+#ifndef VALUE_H_62B23520_7C8E_11DE_8A39_0800200C9A66
+#define VALUE_H_62B23520_7C8E_11DE_8A39_0800200C9A66
+
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) || (defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 4) || (__GNUC__ >= 4)) // GCC supports "pragma once" correctly since 3.4
+#pragma once
+#endif
+
+
+#include "yaml-cpp/dll.h"
+#include "yaml-cpp/node_ptr.h"
+
+namespace YAML
+{
+	struct ValueType { enum value { Undefined, Null, Scalar, Sequence, Map }; };
+	
+	class Value
+	{
+	public:
+		Value();
+		explicit Value(ValueType::value type);
+		~Value();
+		
+		ValueType::value Type() const;
+		
+		// access
+		template<typename T> const T as() const;
+		
+		// assignment
+		template<typename T> Value& operator=(const T& rhs) const;
+		Value& operator=(const Value& rhs);
+		
+		// size/iterator
+		std::size_t size() const;
+
+		const_iterator begin() const;
+		iterator begin();
+		
+		const_iterator end() const;
+		iterator end();
+		
+		// indexing
+		template<typename Key> const Value operator[](const Key& key) const;
+		template<typename Key> Value operator[](const Key& key);
+		template<typename Key> bool remove(const Key& key);
+
+		const Value operator[](const Value& key) const;
+		Value operator[](const Value& key);
+		bool remove(const Value& key);
+		
+		const Value operator[](const char *key) const;
+		Value operator[](const char *key);
+		bool remove(const char *key);
+
+		const Value operator[](char *key) const;
+		Value operator[](char *key);
+		bool remove(char *key);
+	};
+	
+	int compare(const Value& lhs, const Value& rhs);
+	bool operator<(const Value& lhs, const Value& rhs);
+	
+	bool is(const Value& lhs, const Value& rhs);
+}
+
+#endif // VALUE_H_62B23520_7C8E_11DE_8A39_0800200C9A66