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package org.apache.wicket.markup.repeater.data;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.wicket.model.IModel;


/**
 * A convenience class to represent an empty data provider.
 * 
 * @author Phil Kulak
 * @param <T>
 */
public class EmptyDataProvider<T> implements IDataProvider<T>
{
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

	private static EmptyDataProvider<?> INSTANCE = new EmptyDataProvider<Void>();

	/**
	 * @param <T>
	 * @return the singleton instance of this class
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public static <T> EmptyDataProvider<T> getInstance()
	{
		return (EmptyDataProvider<T>)INSTANCE;
	}

	@Override
	public Iterator<T> iterator(long first, long count)
	{
		List<T> list = Collections.emptyList();
		return list.iterator();
	}

	@Override
	public long size()
	{
		return 0;
	}

	@Override
	public IModel<T> model(Object object)
	{
		return null;
	}
}