NullThisValue.java

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 * @author Scott Ferguson
 */

package com.caucho.quercus.env;

import java.io.Serializable;

import com.caucho.quercus.QuercusException;

/**
 * Represents a PHP null value, used for 
 */
public class NullThisValue extends NullValue
  implements Serializable
{
  /**
   * 
   */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
  public static final NullThisValue NULL = new NullThisValue();

  private NullThisValue()
  {
  }
  
  /**
   * Creates a null this context.
   */
  public static NullThisValue create()
  {
    return NULL;
  }

  /**
   * Evaluates a method.
   */
  public Value callMethod(Env env, String methodName, Value []args)
  {
    throw new QuercusException(L.l("$this value of NULL cannot dispatch to method '{0}'.", methodName));
  }
  
  //
  // Java Serialization
  //
  
  private Object readResolve()
  {
    return NULL;
  }
}