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//
//  W A R N I N G
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//
// This file is not part of the Qt API.  It exists purely as an
// implementation detail.  This header file may change from version to
// version without notice, or even be removed.
//
// We mean it.

#ifndef Patternist_EmptySequenceType_H
#define Patternist_EmptySequenceType_H

#include "qatomictype_p.h"
#include "qsequencetype_p.h"

QT_BEGIN_HEADER

QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE

namespace QPatternist
{

    /**
     * @short Represents the <tt>empty-sequence()</tt> type.
     *
     * @ingroup Patternist_types
     * @author Frans Englich <fenglich@trolltech.com>
     */
    class EmptySequenceType : public ItemType,
                              public SequenceType
    {
    public:
        typedef QExplicitlySharedDataPointer<EmptySequenceType> Ptr;

        /**
         * Possibly surprisingly, this function also returns true for the @c none type.
         *
         * @returns @c true if @p other is NoneType or EmptySequenceType, otherwise @c false.
         */
        virtual bool xdtTypeMatches(const ItemType::Ptr &other) const;

        /**
         * @returns always @c false
         */
        virtual bool itemMatches(const Item &item) const;

        /**
         * @returns always "empty-sequence()"
         */
        virtual QString displayName(const NamePool::Ptr &np) const;

        virtual ItemType::Ptr xdtSuperType() const;

        virtual bool isNodeType() const;
        virtual bool isAtomicType() const;

        /**
         * @return always Cardinality::empty()
         */
        virtual Cardinality cardinality() const;

        /**
         * @returns always 'this' since it is also an ItemType
         */
        virtual ItemType::Ptr itemType() const;

        /**
         * @returns always @c xs:anyAtomicType
         */
        virtual ItemType::Ptr atomizedType() const;

    protected:
        friend class CommonSequenceTypes;
        EmptySequenceType();
    };
}

QT_END_NAMESPACE

QT_END_HEADER

#endif