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package org.apache.hadoop.io;
import java.io.*;
/** Singleton Writable with no data. */
public class NullWritable implements WritableComparable {
private static final NullWritable THIS = new NullWritable();
private NullWritable() {} // no public ctor
/** Returns the single instance of this class. */
public static NullWritable get() { return THIS; }
public String toString() {
return "(null)";
}
public int hashCode() { return 0; }
public int compareTo(Object other) {
if (!(other instanceof NullWritable)) {
throw new ClassCastException("can't compare " + other.getClass().getName()
+ " to NullWritable");
}
return 0;
}
public boolean equals(Object other) { return other instanceof NullWritable; }
public void readFields(DataInput in) throws IOException {}
public void write(DataOutput out) throws IOException {}
/** A Comparator "optimized" for NullWritable. */
public static class Comparator extends WritableComparator {
public Comparator() {
super(NullWritable.class);
}
/**
* Compare the buffers in serialized form.
*/
public int compare(byte[] b1, int s1, int l1,
byte[] b2, int s2, int l2) {
assert 0 == l1;
assert 0 == l2;
return 0;
}
}
static { // register this comparator
WritableComparator.define(NullWritable.class, new Comparator());
}
}