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package org.apache.parquet.column.values.rle;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

import org.apache.parquet.column.values.ValuesReader;

/**
 * ColumnReader which does not read any actual data, but rather simply produces
 * an endless stream of constant values.
 * Mainly used to read definition levels when the only possible value is 0
 */
public class ZeroIntegerValuesReader extends ValuesReader {
  
  private int nextOffset;

  public int readInteger() {
    return 0;
  }

  @Override
  public void initFromPage(int valueCount, ByteBuffer in, int offset) throws IOException {
    this.nextOffset = offset;
  }
  
  @Override
  public int getNextOffset() {
    return nextOffset;
  }

  @Override
  public void skip() {
  }

}