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* Foundation.
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* Copyright (c) 2002-2013 Pentaho Corporation.. All rights reserved.
*/
package org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.base.util;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* Class which holds a static reference to a set of empty objects. This is created for performance reasons. Using this
* class will prevent creating duplicated "empty" object.
*
* @author David Kincade
*/
public final class Empty {
/**
* No reason to create an instance of this class.
*/
private Empty() {
}
/**
* The empty string.
*/
public static final String STRING = "";
/**
* An empty array of Strings.
*/
public static final String[] STRING_ARRAY = new String[ 0 ];
/**
* An empty Map. (Collections.EMPTY_MAP is not available until JDK 1.4)
*
* @deprecated this is a redeclaration of the Collections.EMPTY_MAP field and should be killed.
*/
@SuppressWarnings( "PublicStaticCollectionField" )
public static final Map MAP = Collections.EMPTY_MAP;
/**
* An empty List.
*
* @noinspection PublicStaticCollectionField
* @deprecated this is a redeclaration of the Collections.EMPTY_LIST field and should be killed.
*/
public static final List LIST = Collections.EMPTY_LIST;
}