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package org.apache.poi.openxml4j.util;
/**
* An immutable object that could be defined as null.
*
* @author Julien Chable
* @version 0.9
*/
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;
}
}