package //
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// the details.
//    -- Happy Computing!
//
com.stevesoft.pat;

import java.util.*;

/**
 * The idea behind this class is simply to eliminate the need for testing to see
 * if Regex.thePattern is null. Every instruction we can eliminate from _search
 * will help.
 */
public class NoPattern extends Pattern
{
  public String toString()
  {
    return "(?e=#)[^#d#D]";
  }

  public int matchInternal(int i, Pthings p)
  {
    return -1;
  }

  Pattern clone1(Hashtable h)
  {
    return new NoPattern();
  }
}