/* This file is part of the db4o object database http://www.db4o.com
Copyright (C) 2004 - 2011 Versant Corporation http://www.versant.com
db4o is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of version 3 of the GNU General Public License as published
by the Free Software Foundation.
db4o 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 General Public License
for more details.
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package com.db4o.internal;
import com.db4o.foundation.*;
import com.db4o.marshall.*;
/**
* @exclude
*/
public class Null implements Indexable4, PreparedComparison{
public static final Null INSTANCE = new Null();
private Null() {
}
public int compareTo(Object a_obj) {
if(a_obj == null) {
return 0;
}
return -1;
}
public int linkLength() {
return 0;
}
public Object readIndexEntry(Context context, ByteArrayBuffer a_reader) {
return null;
}
public void writeIndexEntry(Context context, ByteArrayBuffer a_writer, Object a_object) {
// do nothing
}
public void defragIndexEntry(DefragmentContextImpl context) {
// do nothing
}
public PreparedComparison prepareComparison(Context context, Object obj_) {
return new PreparedComparison() {
public int compareTo(Object obj) {
if(obj == null){
return 0;
}
if(obj instanceof Null){
return 0;
}
return -1;
}
};
}
}