source: branches/3.0/sources/HeuristicLab.Data/NullData.cs

#region License Information
/* HeuristicLab
 * Copyright (C) 2002-2008 Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL)
 *
 * This file is part of HeuristicLab.
 *
 * HeuristicLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * HeuristicLab is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with HeuristicLab. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
#endregion

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using HeuristicLab.Core;

namespace HeuristicLab.Data {
  public class NullData : ObjectData {
    public override object Data {
      get { return null; }
      set { throw new InvalidOperationException("Data property of NullData cannot be set"); }
    }

    public NullData() {
      base.Data = null;
    }

    public override object Clone(IDictionary<Guid, object> clonedObjects) {
      NullData clone = new NullData();
      clonedObjects.Add(Guid, clone);
      return clone;
    }

    public override void Accept(IObjectDataVisitor visitor) {
      visitor.Visit(this);
    }
  }
}