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/* $Id$ */

package org.apache.fop.pdf;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * Null Filter class. The content is just passed through. The class is used to
 * override the default Flate filter for debugging purposes.
 */
public class NullFilter extends PDFFilter {

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public String getName() {
        return "";
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public PDFObject getDecodeParms() {
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public OutputStream applyFilter(OutputStream out) throws IOException {
        return out;
        //No active filtering, NullFilter does nothing
    }

}