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package org.apache.lucene.queryparser.flexible.standard.builders;

import org.apache.lucene.queryparser.flexible.core.QueryNodeException;
import org.apache.lucene.queryparser.flexible.core.builders.QueryTreeBuilder;
import org.apache.lucene.queryparser.flexible.core.nodes.QueryNode;
import org.apache.lucene.search.TermQuery;

This builder does nothing. Commonly used for QueryNode objects that are built by its parent's builder. 
See Also:
StandardQueryBuilder
QueryTreeBuilder/**
 * This builder does nothing. Commonly used for {@link QueryNode} objects that
 * are built by its parent's builder.
 * 
 * @see StandardQueryBuilder
 * @see QueryTreeBuilder
 */
public class DummyQueryNodeBuilder implements StandardQueryBuilder {

  
Constructs a DummyQueryNodeBuilder object. /**
   * Constructs a {@link DummyQueryNodeBuilder} object.
   */
  public DummyQueryNodeBuilder() {
    // empty constructor
  }

  
Always return null.
return null
/**
   * Always return <code>null</code>.
   * 
   * return <code>null</code>
   */
  @Override
  public TermQuery build(QueryNode queryNode) throws QueryNodeException {
    return null;
  }

}