// NullInputStream - an InputStream that is always empty
//
// Copyright (C) 1996 by Jef Poskanzer <jef@acme.com>.  All rights reserved.
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package Acme;

import java.io.*;

/// An InputStream that is always empty.
// <P>
// Simple subclass of InputStream, implementing a stream that always
// returns end-of-file.
// <P>
// The API is identical to java.io.InputStream.
// <P>
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public class NullInputStream extends InputStream
    {

    /// @return Always returns -1 indicating EOF.
    public int read() throws IOException
	{
	return -1;
	}
    
    /// Returns the number of bytes that can be read without blocking.
    // @return the number of available bytes.
    public int available() throws IOException
	{
	return 0;
	}

    }
