NullData.java

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package com.google.template.soy.data.restricted;

import javax.annotation.concurrent.Immutable;

/**
 * Null data.
 *
 * <p>Important: This class may only be used in implementing plugins (e.g. functions, directives).
 *
 * <p>NullData is only used by Tofu, jbcsrc internally represents null as {@code null}. Ideally,
 * Tofu would switch to using {@code null} also, but that may be infeasible.
 *
 */
@Immutable
public final class NullData extends PrimitiveData {

  /** Static singleton instance of NullData. */
  public static final NullData INSTANCE = new NullData();

  private NullData() {}

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return "null";
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   *
   * <p>Null is falsy.
   */
  @Override
  public boolean coerceToBoolean() {
    return false;
  }

  @Override
  public String coerceToString() {
    return toString();
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("EqualsWhichDoesntCheckParameterClass")
  @Override
  public boolean equals(Object other) {
    return other == NullData.INSTANCE || other == UndefinedData.INSTANCE;
  }

  @Override
  public int hashCode() {
    return getClass().hashCode();
  }
}