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//
// Novell.Directory.Ldap.Asn1.Asn1Null.cs
//
// Author:
//   Sunil Kumar (Sunilk@novell.com)
//
// (C) 2003 Novell, Inc (http://www.novell.com)
//

using System;

namespace Novell.Directory.Ldap.Asn1
{
	
	/// <summary> This class represents the ASN.1 NULL type.</summary>
	public class Asn1Null:Asn1Object
	{
		
		/// <summary> ASN.1 NULL tag definition.</summary>
		public const int TAG = 0x05;
		
		/// <summary> ID is added for Optimization.</summary>
		/// <summary> ID needs only be one Value for every instance,
		/// thus we create it only once.
		/// </summary>
		public static readonly Asn1Identifier ID = new Asn1Identifier(Asn1Identifier.UNIVERSAL, false, TAG);
		/* Constructor for Asn1Null
		*/
		
		/// <summary> Call this constructor to construct a new Asn1Null
		/// object.
		/// </summary>
		public Asn1Null():base(ID)
		{
			return ;
		}
		
		/* Asn1Object implementation
		*/
		
		/// <summary> Call this method to encode the current instance into the
		/// specified output stream using the specified encoder object.
		/// 
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="enc">Encoder object to use when encoding self.
		/// 
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="out">The output stream onto which the encoded byte
		/// stream is written.
		/// </param>
		public override void  encode(Asn1Encoder enc, System.IO.Stream out_Renamed)
		{
			enc.encode(this, out_Renamed);
			return ;
		}
		
		/* Asn1Null specific methods
		*/
		
		/// <summary> Return a String representation of this Asn1Null object.</summary>
		public override System.String ToString()
		{
			return base.ToString() + "NULL: \"\"";
		}
	}
}