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package org.apache.commons.collections4.functors;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.apache.commons.collections4.Closure;

/**
 * Closure implementation that does nothing.
 *
 * @param <T> The type of the input to the operation.
 * @since 3.0
 */
public final class NOPClosure<T> implements Closure<T>, Serializable {

    /** Serial version UID */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 3518477308466486130L;

    /** Singleton predicate instance */
    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
    public static final Closure INSTANCE = new NOPClosure<>();

    /**
     * Factory returning the singleton instance.
     *
     * @param <E> The type that the closure acts on
     * @return The singleton instance
     * @since 3.1
     */
    public static <E> Closure<E> nopClosure() {
        return INSTANCE;
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new instance.
     */
    private NOPClosure() {
    }

    /**
     * Do nothing.
     *
     * @param input  The input object
     */
    @Override
    public void execute(final T input) {
        // do nothing
    }

    /**
     * Returns the singleton instance.
     *
     * @return The singleton instance.
     */
    private Object readResolve() {
        return INSTANCE;
    }

}
