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from hamcrest.core.selfdescribing import SelfDescribing

import warnings

__author__ = "Jon Reid"
__copyright__ = "Copyright 2011 hamcrest.org"
__license__ = "BSD, see License.txt"


class SelfDescribingValue(SelfDescribing):
    """Wrap any value in a ``SelfDescribingValue`` to satisfy the
    :py:class:`~hamcrest.core.selfdescribing.SelfDescribing` interface.

    **Deprecated:** No need for this class now that
    :py:meth:`~hamcrest.core.description.Description.append_description_of`
    handles any type of value.

    """

    def __init__(self, value):
        warnings.warn('SelfDescribingValue no longer needed',
                      DeprecationWarning)
        self.value = value

    def describe_to(self, description):
        """Generates a description of the value."""
        description.append_value(self.value)