Any oContainer;

// Small types can be stored easily
Long iLongValue = 1234;
Float fFloatValue = 12.34;
oContainer <<= iLongValue;
oContainer <<= fFloatValue;

// Constant references have copying semantics
const char *pConstString = "A string ...";
oContainer <<= pConstString;

// Non constant references have adoption semantics
String_var vString = string_dup ("A string ...");
oContainer <<= Any::from_string (vString, 0, FALSE);
oContainer <<= Any::from_string (vString._retn (), 0, TRUE);

// Some types need to be resolved explicitly
Char cChar = 'X';
Octet bOctet = 0x55;
oContainer <<= Any::from_char (cChar);
oContainer <<= Any::from_octet (bOctet);