/*
 * Sample.java
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2008  Pei Wang
 *
 * This file is part of Open-NARS.
 *
 * Open-NARS is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * Open-NARS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with Open-NARS.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package nars.operator;

import java.util.List;
import nars.storage.Memory;
import nars.config.Parameters;
import nars.entity.Task;
import nars.language.Term;

/**
 *  A class used as a template for Operator definition.
 */
public class NullOperator extends Operator {

    
    public NullOperator() {
        this("^sample");
    }
    
    public NullOperator(String name) {
        super(name);
    }

    /** called from Operator */
    @Override 
    protected List<Task> execute(Operation operation, Term[] args, Memory memory) {
        if (Parameters.DEBUG) {
            memory.emit(getClass(), args);
        }
        return null;
    }

}