From 96dc74d48648a51208b7251c2c1b404b17c21d5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: clay_shooter <clay_shooter>
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 02:33:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] put in or de-deprecated some methods for jacobgen support. 
 The methods are documented as such and that they shouldn't be used

---
 src/com/jacob/com/Variant.java | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/com/jacob/com/Variant.java b/src/com/jacob/com/Variant.java
index d84aafc..cc96ba5 100644
--- a/src/com/jacob/com/Variant.java
+++ b/src/com/jacob/com/Variant.java
@@ -203,6 +203,13 @@ public class Variant extends JacobObject {
         throw new NotImplementedException("Not implemented");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Exists to support jacobgen.
+     * This would be deprecated if it weren't for jacobgen
+     * @return this same object
+     */
+    public Variant toVariant() { return this; }
+    
     /**
      * @deprecated superceded by SafeArray
      * @param in doesn't matter because this method does nothing
@@ -455,9 +462,11 @@ public class Variant extends JacobObject {
     public native int toError();
 
     /**
-     * acts a a cover for toDispatch
+     * Acts a a cover for toDispatch.
+     * This primarily exists to support jacobgen.
+     * This should be deprecated.
      * @return Object returned by toDispatch()
-     * @deprecated should use toDispatch() instead
+     * @see Variant#toDispatch() instead
      */
     public Object toObject() {
         return toDispatch();
@@ -491,8 +500,11 @@ public class Variant extends JacobObject {
     public native void putCurrency(long in);
 
     /** 
-     * puts an object into the Variant -- converts to Dispatch
-     * @deprecated use putDispatch() 
+     * Puts an object into the Variant -- converts to Dispatch.
+     * Acts as a cover for putDispatchObject();
+     * This primarily exists to support jacobgen.
+     * This should be deprecated.
+     * @see Variant#putDispatch(Dispatch)  
      * */
     public void putObject(Object in){ 
     	// this should verify in instanceof Dispatch
@@ -523,8 +535,10 @@ public class Variant extends JacobObject {
     public native void putBooleanRef(boolean in);
 
     /**
-     * Just a cover for putObject.
-     * @deprecated we shouldn't accept any old random object
+     * Just a cover for putObject().
+     * We shouldn't accept any old random object.
+     * This has been left in to support jacobgen.
+     * This should be deprecated.
      * @param in
      */
     public void putObjectRef(Object in) {