source: trunk/autoquest-core-usability-evaluation/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/autoquest/usability/util/NullTask.java @ 1319

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package de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.usability.util;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;

import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;

import de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc.ITask;
import de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc.ITaskInstance;
import de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc.ITaskVisitor;

/**
 * <p>
 * Implementation of Null Object pattern {@link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Object_pattern}.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author Alexander Deicke
 */
public class NullTask implements ITask {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1236779392413787860L;

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     * 
     * @see de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc.ITask#getId()
     */
    @Override
    public int getId() {
        return -1;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     * 
     * @see de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc.ITaskTreeNode#getName()
     */
    public String getName() {
        return StringUtils.EMPTY;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     * 
     * @see de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc.ITaskTreeNode#getDescription()
     */
    public String getDescription() {
        return StringUtils.EMPTY;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     * 
     * @see
     * de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc.ITaskTreeNode#equals(de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees
     * .treeifc.ITaskTreeNode)
     */
    public boolean equals(ITask task) {
        return false;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     * 
     * @see java.lang.Object#clone()
     */
    @Override
    public NullTask clone() {
        return (NullTask) this;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     * 
     * @see
     * de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc.ITaskTreeNode#accept(de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees
     * .treeifc.NodeVisitor)
     */
    public void accept(ITaskVisitor visitor) {
        // do nothing
    }

    @Override
    public Collection<ITaskInstance> getInstances() {
        // return nothing
        return Collections.emptyList();
    }

}