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+// Copyright (c) 2023 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#ifndef BITCOIN_UTIL_ANY_H
+#define BITCOIN_UTIL_ANY_H
+
+#include <any>
+
+namespace util {
+
+/**
+ * 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;
+}
+
+} // namespace util
+
+#endif // BITCOIN_UTIL_ANY_H