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/* $Id$ */

package org.apache.fop.pdf;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.Writer;

/**
 * Class representing a PDF name object.
 */
public final class PDFNull implements PDFWritable {

    /** Instance for the "null" object. */
    public static final PDFNull INSTANCE = new PDFNull();

    /**
     * Creates a new PDF name object.
     * @param name the name value
     */
    private PDFNull() {
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public String toString() {
        return "null";
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public void outputInline(OutputStream out, Writer writer) throws IOException {
        writer.write(toString());
    }

}