From e640d9d9a53e1333a98fe75a6ba42ac1a4747064 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: clay_shooter <>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:26:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] SF 1650134  change to putVariant() api

---
 jacob/src/com/jacob/com/Variant.java | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/jacob/src/com/jacob/com/Variant.java b/jacob/src/com/jacob/com/Variant.java
index 856b952..7dc04fa 100644
--- a/jacob/src/com/jacob/com/Variant.java
+++ b/jacob/src/com/jacob/com/Variant.java
@@ -361,12 +361,18 @@ public void putStringRef(String in){
 	 * 
 	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException
 	 *             if inVariant = null
-	 * @param inVariant A variant that is to be referenced by this variant
+	 * @param objectToBeWrapped A object that is to be referenced by this variant.
+	 * 		If objectToBeWrapped is already of type Variant, then it is used.
+	 * 		If objectToBeWrapped is not Variant then <code>new Variant(objectToBeWrapped)</code>
+	 * 		is called and the result is passed into the com layer
 	 */
-	public void putVariant(Variant inVariant) {
-		if (inVariant == null) {
+	public void putVariant(Object objectToBeWrapped) {
+		if (objectToBeWrapped == null) {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot put null in as a variant");
+		} else if (objectToBeWrapped instanceof Variant){
+			putVariantVariant((Variant)objectToBeWrapped);
 		} else {
+			Variant inVariant = new Variant(objectToBeWrapped);
 			putVariantVariant(inVariant);
 		}
 	}