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+/*
+ *  Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Team Kodi
+ *  This file is part of Kodi - https://kodi.tv
+ *
+ *  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ *  See LICENSES/README.md for more information.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "AddonString.h"
+
+#include <map>
+
+namespace XBMCAddon
+{
+  // This is a hack in order to handle int's as strings. The correct fix for
+  // this is to get rid of Alternative all together and make the codegenerator
+  // finally handle overloading correctly.
+  typedef String StringOrInt;
+
+  /**
+   * This is a bit of a hack for dynamically typed languages. In some
+   * cases python addon api calls handle dictionaries with variable
+   * value types. In this case we coerce all of these types into
+   * strings and then convert them back in the api. Yes, this is messy
+   * and maybe we should use the CVariant here. But for now the
+   * native api handles these calls by converting the string to the
+   * appropriate types.
+   */
+  template<class T> class Dictionary : public std::map<String,T> {};
+
+  typedef Dictionary<StringOrInt> Properties;
+}