#ifndef PROTON_NULL_HPP
#define PROTON_NULL_HPP

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/// @file
/// @copybrief proton::null

#include "./internal/comparable.hpp"
#include "./internal/export.hpp"

#include <iosfwd>

namespace proton {

/// The type of the AMQP null value
///
/// @see @ref types_page
class null : private internal::comparable<null> {
  public:
    null() {}
    /// Constructed from nullptr literal
    null(decltype(nullptr)) {}

    /// null instances are always equal
  friend bool operator==(const null&, const null&) { return true; }
    /// null instances are never unequal
  friend bool operator<(const null&, const null&) { return false; }
};

/// Print a null value
PN_CPP_EXTERN std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream&, const null&);

}

#endif // PROTON_NULL_HPP