org.eclipse.linuxtools.tmf.core/src/org/eclipse/linuxtools/tmf/core/statevalue/NullStateValue.java

   1 /*******************************************************************************
   2  * Copyright (c) 2012 Ericsson
   3  * Copyright (c) 2010, 2011 École Polytechnique de Montréal
   4  * Copyright (c) 2010, 2011 Alexandre Montplaisir <alexandre.montplaisir@gmail.com>
   5  *
   6  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are
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  10  *
  11  *******************************************************************************/
  12
  13 package org.eclipse.linuxtools.tmf.core.statevalue;
  14
  15 /**
  16  * A state value that contains no particular value. It is sometimes needed over
  17  * a "null" reference, since we avoid NPE's this way.
  18  *
  19  * It can also be read either as a String ("nullValue") or an Integer (-1).
  20  *
  21  * @author alexmont
  22  *
  23  */
  24 final class NullStateValue extends TmfStateValue {
  25
  26     @Override
  27     public byte getType() {
  28         return -1;
  29     }
  30
  31     @Override
  32     public boolean isNull() {
  33         return true;
  34     }
  35
  36     @Override
  37     public Object getValue() {
  38         return null;
  39     }
  40
  41     @Override
  42     public byte[] toByteArray() {
  43         return null;
  44     }
  45
  46     @Override
  47     public String toString() {
  48         return "nullValue"; //$NON-NLS-1$
  49     }
  50 }