Module com.google.gson

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 final JsonNull	INSTANCE	Singleton for JsonNull.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
JsonNull()	Deprecated. Deprecated since Gson version 1.8, use INSTANCE instead.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
JsonNull	deepCopy()	Returns the same instance since it is an immutable value.
boolean	equals(Object other)	All instances of JsonNull are considered equal.
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 Details

INSTANCE

public static final JsonNull INSTANCE

Singleton for JsonNull.

Since:

1.8

Constructor Details

JsonNull

@Deprecated
public JsonNull()

Deprecated.

Deprecated since Gson version 1.8, use INSTANCE instead.

Creates a new JsonNull object.

Method Details

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 Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

All instances of JsonNull are considered equal.

Overrides:

equals in class Object