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

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;

import de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc.ITaskTreeNode;
import de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc.NodeVisitor;

/**
 * <p>
 * TODO comment
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author Alexander Deicke
 */
public class NullNode implements ITaskTreeNode {

    /* (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#getChildren()
     */
    public List<ITaskTreeNode> getChildren() {
        return Collections.emptyList();
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc.ITaskTreeNode#equals(de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc.ITaskTreeNode)
     */
    public boolean equals(ITaskTreeNode taskTreeNode) {
        return false;
    }
    
    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see java.lang.Object#clone()
     */
    @Override
    public NullNode clone() {
        return (NullNode) this;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc.ITaskTreeNode#accept(de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc.NodeVisitor)
     */
    public void accept(NodeVisitor visitor) {
        
    }
    
}