"
 COPYRIGHT (c) 1988 by Claus Gittinger
              All Rights Reserved

 This software is furnished under a license and may be used
 only in accordance with the terms of that license and with the
 inclusion of the above copyright notice.   This software may not
 be provided or otherwise made available to, or used by, any
 other person.  No title to or ownership of the software is
 hereby transferred.
"

Object subclass:#UndefinedObject
       instanceVariableNames:''
       classVariableNames:''
       poolDictionaries:''
       category:'Kernel-Objects'
!

UndefinedObject comment:'

COPYRIGHT (c) 1988 by Claus Gittinger
              All Rights Reserved

there is only one instance of this class: nil

$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/UndefinedObject.st,v 1.7 1994-02-05 12:27:47 claus Exp $
'!

!UndefinedObject class methodsFor:'instance creation'!

basicNew
    "catch new - there MUST be only one nil in the system"

    ^ nil
!

basicNew:size
    "catch new - there MUST be only one nil in the system"

    ^ nil
! !

!UndefinedObject class methodsFor:'queries'!

canBeSubclassed
    "return true, if its allowed to create subclasses of the receiver.
     Return nil here - since it is NOT possible for UndefinedObject"

    ^ false
! !

!UndefinedObject methodsFor:'error catching'!

basicAt:index
    "catch array access - its illegal
     defined here since basicAt: in Object ommits the nil-check"

    ^ self notIndexed
!

at:index
    "catch array access - its illegal
     defined here since at: in Object ommits the nil-check"

    ^ self notIndexed
!

basicAt:index put:anObject
    "catch array access - its illegal
     defined here since basicAt:put: in Object ommits the nil-check"

    ^ self notIndexed
!

at:index put:anObject
    "catch array access - its illegal
     defined here since at:put: in Object ommits the nil-check"

    ^ self notIndexed
! !

!UndefinedObject methodsFor:'testing'!

isNil
    "return true if I am nil - since I am, return true"

    ^ true
!

notNil
    "return true if I am not nil - since I am nil, return false"

    ^ false
!

size
    "return the number of indexed instvars
     defined here since size in Object ommits the nil-check"
 
    ^ 0
!

basicSize
    "return the number of indexed instvars
     defined here since size in Object ommits the nil-check"

    ^ 0
!

hash
    "return an integer useful as a hash key"

    ^ 0
!

identityHash
    "return an integer useful as a hash key"

    ^ 0
!

isLiteral
    "return true, if the receiver can be used as a literal
     (i.e. can be used in constant arrays)"

    ^ true
! !

!UndefinedObject methodsFor:'copying'!

shallowCopy
    "return a shallow copy of myself
     - since there is only one nil in the system return self"

    ^ self
!

simpleDeepCopy
    "return a deep copy of myself
     - since there is only one nil in the system return self"

    ^ self
!

deepCopyUsing:aDictionary
    "return a deep copy of myself
     - since there is only one nil in the system return self"

    ^ self
!

deepCopy
    "return a deep copy of myself
     - since there is only one nil in the system return self"

    ^ self
! !

!UndefinedObject methodsFor:'printing & storing'!

printString
    "return a string for printing myself"

    ^ 'nil'
!

storeString
    "return a string for storing myself"

    ^ 'nil'
! !

!UndefinedObject methodsFor:'binary storage'!

hasSpecialBinaryRepresentation
    ^ true
!

storeBinaryOn: stream manager: manager
    stream nextPut: (manager codeForNil)
! !