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package com.itextpdf.text.pdf;

/**
 * <CODE>PdfNull</CODE> is the Null object represented by the keyword <VAR>null</VAR>.
 * <P>
 * This object is described in the 'Portable Document Format Reference Manual version 1.7'
 * section 3.2.8 (page 63).
 *
 * @see		PdfObject
 */

public class PdfNull extends PdfObject {
    
    // CLASS CONSTANTS
    
    /** An instance of the <CODE>PdfNull</CODE>-object. */
    public static final PdfNull	PDFNULL = new PdfNull();
    
    /** The content of the <CODE>PdfNull</CODE>-object. */
    private static final String CONTENT = "null";
    
    // CONSTRUCTOR
    
    /**
     * Constructs a <CODE>PdfNull</CODE>-object.
     * <P>
     * You never need to do this yourself, you can always use the static final object <VAR>PDFNULL</VAR>.
     */
    public PdfNull() {
        super(NULL, CONTENT);
    }
    
    // CLASS METHOD
    
    public String toString() {
    	return "null";
    }
}