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package freemarker.template.utility;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;

import freemarker.template.SimpleNumber;
import freemarker.template.TemplateBooleanModel;
import freemarker.template.TemplateCollectionModel;
import freemarker.template.TemplateHashModelEx;
import freemarker.template.TemplateHashModelEx2;
import freemarker.template.TemplateHashModelEx2.KeyValuePairIterator;
import freemarker.template.TemplateModel;
import freemarker.template.TemplateModelException;
import freemarker.template.TemplateModelIterator;
import freemarker.template.TemplateNumberModel;
import freemarker.template.TemplateScalarModel;
import freemarker.template.TemplateSequenceModel;

Frequently used constant TemplateModel values. 
These constants should be stored in the TemplateModel sub-interfaces, but for backward compatibility they are stored here instead. Starting from FreeMarker 2.4 they should be copied (not moved!) into the TemplateModel sub-interfaces, and this class should be marked as deprecated.
/**
 * Frequently used constant {@link TemplateModel} values.
 * 
 * <p>These constants should be stored in the {@link TemplateModel}
 * sub-interfaces, but for backward compatibility they are stored here instead.
 * Starting from FreeMarker 2.4 they should be copied (not moved!) into the
 * {@link TemplateModel} sub-interfaces, and this class should be marked as
 * deprecated.</p>
 */
public class Constants {

    public static final TemplateBooleanModel TRUE = TemplateBooleanModel.TRUE;

    public static final TemplateBooleanModel FALSE = TemplateBooleanModel.FALSE;
    
    public static final TemplateScalarModel EMPTY_STRING = (TemplateScalarModel) TemplateScalarModel.EMPTY_STRING;

    public static final TemplateNumberModel ZERO = new SimpleNumber(0);
    
    public static final TemplateNumberModel ONE = new SimpleNumber(1);
    
    public static final TemplateNumberModel MINUS_ONE = new SimpleNumber(-1);
    
    public static final TemplateModelIterator EMPTY_ITERATOR = new EmptyIteratorModel();
    
    private static class EmptyIteratorModel implements TemplateModelIterator, Serializable {

        public TemplateModel next() throws TemplateModelException {
            throw new TemplateModelException("The collection has no more elements.");
        }

        public boolean hasNext() throws TemplateModelException {
            return false;
        }
        
    }

    public static final TemplateCollectionModel EMPTY_COLLECTION = new EmptyCollectionModel();
    
    private static class EmptyCollectionModel implements TemplateCollectionModel, Serializable {

        public TemplateModelIterator iterator() throws TemplateModelException {
            return EMPTY_ITERATOR;
        }
        
    }
    
    public static final TemplateSequenceModel EMPTY_SEQUENCE = new EmptySequenceModel();
    
    private static class EmptySequenceModel implements TemplateSequenceModel, Serializable {
        
        public TemplateModel get(int index) throws TemplateModelException {
            return null;
        }
    
        public int size() throws TemplateModelException {
            return 0;
        }
        
    }
    
    public static final TemplateHashModelEx EMPTY_HASH = new EmptyHashModel();
    
    
An empty hash. Since 2.3.27, it implements TemplateHashModelEx2, before that it was only TemplateHashModelEx. /**
     * An empty hash. Since 2.3.27, it implements {@link TemplateHashModelEx2}, before that it was only
     * {@link TemplateHashModelEx}.
     */
    private static class EmptyHashModel implements TemplateHashModelEx2, Serializable {
        
        public int size() throws TemplateModelException {
            return 0;
        }

        public TemplateCollectionModel keys() throws TemplateModelException {
            return EMPTY_COLLECTION;
        }

        public TemplateCollectionModel values() throws TemplateModelException {
            return EMPTY_COLLECTION;
        }

        public TemplateModel get(String key) throws TemplateModelException {
            return null;
        }

        public boolean isEmpty() throws TemplateModelException {
            return true;
        }

        public KeyValuePairIterator keyValuePairIterator() throws TemplateModelException {
            return EMPTY_KEY_VALUE_PAIR_ITERATOR;
        }
        
    }
    
    
Since:
2.3.27/**
     * @since 2.3.27
     */
    public static final KeyValuePairIterator EMPTY_KEY_VALUE_PAIR_ITERATOR = new EmptyKeyValuePairIterator();
    
    private static class EmptyKeyValuePairIterator implements TemplateHashModelEx2.KeyValuePairIterator {
        private EmptyKeyValuePairIterator() {
            //
        }

        public boolean hasNext() throws TemplateModelException {
            return false;
        }

        public TemplateHashModelEx2.KeyValuePair next() throws TemplateModelException {
            throw new NoSuchElementException("Can't retrieve element from empty key-value pair iterator.");
        }

    }    
    
}