// GenericsNote: Converted.
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package org.apache.commons.collections15.functors;
import org.apache.commons.collections15.Predicate;
/**
* Predicate implementation that always returns false.
*
* @author Matt Hall, John Watkinson, Stephen Colebourne
* @version $Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2005/10/11 17:05:24 $
* @since Commons Collections 3.0
*/
public final class FalsePredicate<T> implements Predicate<T> {
/**
* Serial version UID
*/
static final long serialVersionUID = 7533784454832764388L;
/**
* Singleton predicate instance
*/
public static final Predicate INSTANCE = new FalsePredicate();
/**
* Factory returning the singleton instance.
*
* @return the singleton instance
* @since Commons Collections 3.1
*/
public static <T> Predicate<T> getInstance() {
return INSTANCE;
}
/**
* Restricted constructor.
*/
private FalsePredicate() {
super();
}
/**
* Evaluates the predicate returning false always.
*
* @param object
* the input object
* @return false always
*/
@Override
public boolean evaluate(T object) {
return false;
}
}