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 * terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0, which accompanies this distribution
 * and is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/.
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     Oracle - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.jpt.common.ui.internal.jface;

import java.io.Serializable;
import org.eclipse.jpt.common.ui.jface.ItemLabelProvider;
import org.eclipse.jpt.common.utility.internal.ObjectTools;

/**
 * A <em>null</em> item extended label provider factory that returns a
 * <em>null</em> provider.
 * @see NullItemLabelProvider
 */
public final class NullItemLabelProviderFactory
	implements ItemLabelProvider.Factory, Serializable
{
	public static final ItemLabelProvider.Factory INSTANCE = new NullItemLabelProviderFactory();

	public static ItemLabelProvider.Factory instance() {
		return INSTANCE;
	}

	// ensure single instance
	private NullItemLabelProviderFactory() {
		super();
	}

	public ItemLabelProvider buildProvider(Object item, ItemLabelProvider.Manager manager) {
		return NullItemLabelProvider.instance();
	}

	@Override
	public String toString() {
		return ObjectTools.singletonToString(this);
	}

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
	private Object readResolve() {
		// replace this object with the singleton
		return INSTANCE;
	}
}