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package reactor.core.publisher;

import reactor.core.CoreSubscriber;

Represents an never publisher which only calls onSubscribe.
 This Publisher is effectively stateless and only a single instance exists. Use the instance() method to obtain a properly type-parametrized view of it. 
See Also:
Reactive-Streams-Commons/**
 * Represents an never publisher which only calls onSubscribe.
 * <p>
 * This Publisher is effectively stateless and only a single instance exists.
 * Use the {@link #instance()} method to obtain a properly type-parametrized view of it.
 *
 * @see <a href="https://github.com/reactor/reactive-streams-commons">Reactive-Streams-Commons</a>
 */
final class MonoNever
extends Mono<Object> implements SourceProducer<Object>  {

	static final Mono<Object> INSTANCE = new MonoNever();

	MonoNever() {
		// deliberately no op
	}

	@Override
	public void subscribe(CoreSubscriber<? super Object> actual) {
		actual.onSubscribe(Operators.emptySubscription());
	}

	@Override
	public Object scanUnsafe(Attr key) {
		return null; //no particular key to be represented, still useful in hooks
	}

	
Returns a properly parametrized instance of this never Publisher.
Type parameters:
<T> – the value type
Returns:
a properly parametrized instance of this never Publisher/**
	 * Returns a properly parametrized instance of this never Publisher.
	 *
	 * @param <T> the value type
	 * @return a properly parametrized instance of this never Publisher
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	static <T> Mono<T> instance() {
		return (Mono<T>) INSTANCE;
	}

}