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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<E> { |
| |
| 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 <b>true</b> if the nullable store a value (empty string is |
| * considered to be a value) else <b>false</>. |
| */ |
| public boolean hasValue() { |
| return value != null; |
| } |
| |
| /** |
| * Set the stored value to <i>null</i>. |
| */ |
| public void nullify() { |
| value = null; |
| } |
| } |