Package com.google.gson

Class JsonNull

java.lang.Object

com.google.gson.JsonElement

com.google.gson.JsonNull

public final class JsonNull
extends JsonElement

A class representing a Json null value.

Since:

1.2

Author:

Inderjeet Singh, Joel Leitch

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static JsonNull	INSTANCE	singleton for JsonNull

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
JsonNull()	Deprecated.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
JsonNull	deepCopy()	Returns the same instance since it is an immutable value
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object other)	All instances of JsonNull are the same
int	hashCode()	All instances of JsonNull have the same hash code since they are indistinguishable

Methods inherited from class com.google.gson.JsonElement

getAsBigDecimal, getAsBigInteger, getAsBoolean, getAsByte, getAsCharacter, getAsDouble, getAsFloat, getAsInt, getAsJsonArray, getAsJsonNull, getAsJsonObject, getAsJsonPrimitive, getAsLong, getAsNumber, getAsShort, getAsString, isJsonArray, isJsonNull, isJsonObject, isJsonPrimitive, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

INSTANCE

public static final JsonNull INSTANCE

singleton for JsonNull

Since:

1.8

Constructor Detail

JsonNull

@Deprecated
public JsonNull()

Deprecated.

Creates a new JsonNull object. Deprecated since Gson version 1.8. Use INSTANCE instead

Method Detail

deepCopy

public JsonNull deepCopy()

Returns the same instance since it is an immutable value

Specified by:

deepCopy in class JsonElement

Since:

2.8.2

hashCode

public int hashCode()

All instances of JsonNull have the same hash code since they are indistinguishable

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object other)

All instances of JsonNull are the same

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object