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package org.apache.pig.impl.io;

import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;

/**
 *
 */
public class NullableText extends PigNullableWritable {

    public NullableText() {
        mValue = new Text();
    }

    /**
     * @param utf8
     */
    public NullableText(byte[] utf8) {
        mValue = new Text(utf8);
    }

    /**
     * @param string
     */
    public NullableText(String string) {
        mValue = new Text(string);
    }

    public Object getValueAsPigType() {
        return isNull() ? null : ((Text)mValue).toString();
    }
}