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/*
* CPNull.j
* Foundation
*
* Created by Francisco Tolmasky.
* Copyright 2008, 280 North, Inc.
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*/
@import "CPObject.j"
var CPNullSharedNull = nil;
/*!
@class CPNull
@ingroup foundation
@brief An object representation of \c nil.
This class is used as an object representation of \c nil. This is handy when a collection
only accepts objects as values, but you would like a \c nil representation in there.
*/
@implementation CPNull : CPObject
{
}
/*+ (id)alloc
{
if (CPNullSharedNull)
return CPNullSharedNull;
return [super alloc];
}*/
/*!
Returns the singleton instance of the CPNull
object. While CPNull and \c nil should
be <i>interpreted</i> as the same, they are not equal ('==').
*/
+ (CPNull)null
{
if (!CPNullSharedNull)
CPNullSharedNull = [[CPNull alloc] init];
return CPNullSharedNull;
}
- (BOOL)isEqual:(id)anObject
{
if (self === anObject)
return YES;
return [anObject isKindOfClass:[CPNull class]];
}
/*!
Returns CPNull null.
@param aCoder the coder from which to do nothing
@return [CPNull null]
*/
- (id)initWithCoder:(CPCoder)aCoder
{
return [CPNull null];
}
/*!
Writes out nothing to the specified coder.
@param aCoder the coder to which nothing will
be written
*/
- (void)encodeWithCoder:(CPCoder)aCoder
{
}
@end