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  24 
  25 #ifndef SHARE_VM_CI_CINULLOBJECT_HPP
  26 #define SHARE_VM_CI_CINULLOBJECT_HPP
  27 
  28 #include "ci/ciClassList.hpp"
  29 #include "ci/ciObject.hpp"
  30 #include "ci/ciUtilities.hpp"
  31 
  32 // ciNullObject
  33 //
  34 // This class represents a null reference in the VM.
  35 class ciNullObject : public ciObject {
  36   CI_PACKAGE_ACCESS
  37 
  38 private:
  39   ciNullObject() : ciObject() {}
  40 
  41   const char* type_string() { return "ciNullObject"; }
  42 
  43   void print_impl(outputStream* st);
  44 
  45 public:
  46   // Is this ciObject a Java Language Object?  That is,
  47   // is the ciObject an instance or an array
  48   bool is_java_object() { return true; }
  49 
  50   // What kind of ciObject is this?
  51   bool is_null_object() const { return true; }
  52   bool is_classless() const   { return true; }
  53 
  54   // Get the distinguished instance of this klass.
  55   static ciNullObject* make();
  56 };
  57 
  58 #endif // SHARE_VM_CI_CINULLOBJECT_HPP