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3    * EmptyDocument.java - mongodb-async-driver - Allanbank Consulting, Inc.
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20  package com.allanbank.mongodb.bson.impl;
21  
22  import java.util.Collections;
23  import java.util.List;
24  import java.util.Map;
25  
26  import com.allanbank.mongodb.bson.Element;
27  
28  /**
29   * An immutable empty document.
30   * 
31   * @api.yes This interface is part of the driver's API. Public and protected
32   *          members will be deprecated for at least 1 non-bugfix release
33   *          (version numbers are <major>.<minor>.<bugfix>)
34   *          before being removed or modified.
35   * @copyright 2011, Allanbank Consulting, Inc., All Rights Reserved
36   */
37  public class EmptyDocument extends AbstractDocument {
38  
39      /** An instance of the Empty Document. */
40      public static final EmptyDocument INSTANCE = new EmptyDocument();
41  
42      /**
43       * The bytes to encode an empty document. Length (4) + terminal null (1) =
44       * 5.
45       */
46      public static final int SIZE = 5;
47  
48      /** Serialization version for the class. */
49      private static final long serialVersionUID = -2775918328146027036L;
50  
51      /**
52       * Constructs a new {@link EmptyDocument}.
53       */
54      public EmptyDocument() {
55          super();
56      }
57  
58      /**
59       * {@inheritDoc}
60       * <p>
61       * Overridden to return an empty list of elements.
62       * </p>
63       * 
64       * @return The elements in the document.
65       */
66      @Override
67      public List<Element> getElements() {
68          return Collections.emptyList();
69      }
70  
71      /**
72       * Returns the size of the empty document when encoded as bytes. This is
73       * always 5 bytes.
74       * 
75       * @return The size of the document when encoded as bytes.
76       */
77      @Override
78      public long size() {
79          return SIZE; // length (4) + terminal null (1).
80      }
81  
82      /**
83       * {@inheritDoc}
84       * <p>
85       * Overridden to return an empty map as this document is always empty.
86       * </p>
87       */
88      @Override
89      protected Map<String, Element> getElementMap() {
90          return Collections.emptyMap();
91      }
92  }