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-rw-r--r--src/util/system.h13
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/util/system.h b/src/util/system.h
index 291f3f5541..29657e56e2 100644
--- a/src/util/system.h
+++ b/src/util/system.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
#include <util/threadnames.h>
#include <util/time.h>
+#include <any>
#include <exception>
#include <map>
#include <optional>
@@ -500,6 +501,18 @@ inline void insert(std::set<TsetT>& dst, const Tsrc& src) {
dst.insert(src.begin(), src.end());
}
+/**
+ * Helper function to access the contained object of a std::any instance.
+ * Returns a pointer to the object if passed instance has a value and the type
+ * matches, nullptr otherwise.
+ */
+template<typename T>
+T* AnyPtr(const std::any& any) noexcept
+{
+ T* const* ptr = std::any_cast<T*>(&any);
+ return ptr ? *ptr : nullptr;
+}
+
#ifdef WIN32
class WinCmdLineArgs
{