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package org.springframework.beans.factory.support;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;
import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
/**
* Internal representation of a null bean instance, e.g. for a {@code null} value
* returned from {@link FactoryBean#getObject()} or from a factory method.
*
* Each such null bean is represented by a dedicated {@code NullBean} instance
* which are not equal to each other, uniquely differentiating each bean as returned
* from all variants of {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory#getBean}.
* However, each such instance will return {@code true} for {@code #equals(null)}
* and returns "null" from {@code #toString()}, which is how they can be tested
* externally (since this class itself is not public).
*
* @author Juergen Hoeller
* @since 5.0
*/
final class NullBean {
NullBean() {
}
@Override
public boolean equals(@Nullable Object obj) {
return (this == obj || obj == null);
}
@Override
public int hashCode() {
return NullBean.class.hashCode();
}
@Override
public String toString() {
return "null";
}
}