2 // This software is now distributed according to
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3 // the Lesser Gnu Public License. Please see
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4 // http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.txt for
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6 // -- Happy Computing!
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8 package com.stevesoft.pat;
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12 /** This pattern matches nothing -- it is found in patterns
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13 * like (hello|world|) where a zero-length subelement occurs.
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18 public String toString()
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20 return nextString();
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23 public int matchInternal(int p, Pthings pt)
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25 return nextMatch(p, pt);
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28 public patInt maxChars()
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30 return new patInt(0);
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33 Pattern clone1(Hashtable h)
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35 return new NullPattern();
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