org.eclipse.jdt.core/compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/ast/NullLiteral.java

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package org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast;

import org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ASTVisitor;
import org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.codegen.*;
import org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.flow.FlowInfo;
import org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.*;

public class NullLiteral extends MagicLiteral {

	static final char[] source = {'n' , 'u' , 'l' , 'l'};

	public NullLiteral(int s , int e) {

		super(s,e);
	}

	public void computeConstant() {
	
		constant = NotAConstant; 
	}

	/**
	 * Code generation for the null literal
	 *
	 * @param currentScope org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.BlockScope
	 * @param codeStream org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.codegen.CodeStream
	 * @param valueRequired boolean
	 */ 
	public void generateCode(BlockScope currentScope, CodeStream codeStream, boolean valueRequired) {
		int pc = codeStream.position;
		if (valueRequired) {
			codeStream.aconst_null();
			codeStream.generateImplicitConversion(this.implicitConversion);
		}
		codeStream.recordPositionsFrom(pc, this.sourceStart);
	}
	public TypeBinding literalType(BlockScope scope) {
		return NullBinding;
	}

	public int nullStatus(FlowInfo flowInfo) {
		return FlowInfo.NULL;
	}
	
	/**
	 * 
	 */
	public char[] source() {
		return source;
	}

	public void traverse(ASTVisitor visitor, BlockScope scope) {
		visitor.visit(this, scope);
		visitor.endVisit(this, scope);
	}
}