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package org.apache.hadoop.io;

import java.io.*;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;

/** Singleton Writable with no data. */
@InterfaceAudience.Public
@InterfaceStability.Stable
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; }
  
  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return "(null)";
  }

  @Override
  public int hashCode() { return 0; }
  
  @Override
  public int compareTo(NullWritable other) {
    return 0;
  }
  @Override
  public boolean equals(Object other) { return other instanceof NullWritable; }
  @Override
  public void readFields(DataInput in) throws IOException {}
  @Override
  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.
     */
    @Override
    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());
  }
}





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