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package org.apache.geode.cache.query.internal;

import java.io.DataInput;
import java.io.DataOutput;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.geode.cache.query.QueryService;
import org.apache.geode.cache.query.internal.index.IndexManager;
import org.apache.geode.internal.DataSerializableFixedID;
import org.apache.geode.internal.Version;

/**
 * A Token representing null.
 * 
 * @since GemFire cedar
 *
 */
public class NullToken implements DataSerializableFixedID, Comparable {

  public NullToken() {
    Support.assertState(IndexManager.NULL == null, "NULL constant already instantiated");
  }

  @Override
  public int compareTo(Object o) {
    // A Null token is equal to other Null token and less than any other object
    // except UNDEFINED
    if (o.equals(this)) {
      return 0;
    } else if (o.equals(QueryService.UNDEFINED)) {
      return 1;
    } else {
      return -1;
    }
  }

  @Override
  public boolean equals(Object o) {
    return o instanceof NullToken;
  }

  @Override
  public int getDSFID() {
    return NULL_TOKEN;
  }

  @Override
  public void toData(DataOutput out) throws IOException {

  }

  @Override
  public void fromData(DataInput in) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {}

  @Override
  public Version[] getSerializationVersions() {
    return null;
  }
}