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package net.jini.config;

import com.sun.jini.logging.Levels;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

/**
 * A <code>Configuration</code> with no entries. Applications can use an
 * instance of this class to simplify handling cases where no configuration is
 * specified rather than, for example, checking for a <code>null</code>
 * configuration.
 *
 * 
 * @since 2.0
 *
 * @com.sun.jini.impl <!-- Implementation Specifics -->
 *
 * This implementation uses the {@link Logger} named
 * <code>net.jini.config</code> to log information at the following logging
 * levels: <p>
 *
 * <table border="1" cellpadding="5" summary="Describes logging performed by
 *	  the EmptyConfiguration class at different logging levels">
 *
 * <caption halign="center" valign="top"><b><code>
 *	    net.jini.config</code></b></caption>
 *
 * <tr> <th scope="col"> Level <th scope="col"> Description
 *
 * <tr> <td> {@link Levels#FAILED FAILED} <td> problems getting entries,
 *	including getting entries that are not found
 *
 * <tr> <td> {@link Level#FINE FINE} <td> returning default values
 *
 * </table>
 */
public class EmptyConfiguration extends AbstractConfiguration {

    /** A <code>Configuration</code> with no entries. */
    public static final EmptyConfiguration INSTANCE = new EmptyConfiguration();

    /* Insure there is only one instance */
    private EmptyConfiguration() { }

    /**
     * Always throws an exception -- this configuration contains no entries.
     *
     * @throws NullPointerException {@inheritDoc}
     * @throws NoSuchEntryException unless <code>component</code>,
     * <code>name</code>, or <code>type</code> is <code>null</code>
     */
    protected Object getEntryInternal(
	String component, String name, Class type, Object data)
	throws NoSuchEntryException
    {
	if (component == null || name == null || type == null) {
	    throw new NullPointerException(
		"component, name and type cannot be null");
	}
	throw new NoSuchEntryException(
	    "Entry not found for component " + component + ", name " + name);
    }
}