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package org.apache.poi.openxml4j.util;

import org.apache.poi.util.Removal;

/**
 * An immutable object that could be defined as null.
 *
 * @author Julien Chable
 * @version 0.9
 * @deprecated No longer used in POI code base, use {@link java.util.Optional} instead
 */
@Removal(version = "4.2")
@Deprecated
public final class Nullable {

	private E value;

	/**
	 * Constructor.
	 */
	public Nullable() {
		// Do nothing
	}

	/**
	 * Constructor.
	 *
	 * @param value
	 *            The value to set to this nullable.
	 */
	public Nullable(E value) {
		this.value = value;
	}

	/**
	 * Get the store value if any.
	 *
	 * @return the store value
	 */
	public E getValue() {
		return value;
	}

	/**
	 * Get the status of this nullable.
	 *
	 * @return true if the nullable store a value (empty string is
	 *         considered to be a value) else false.
	 */
	public boolean hasValue() {
		return value != null;
	}

	/**
	 * Set the stored value to null.
	 */
	public void nullify() {
		value = null;
	}
}




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