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      1 /*
      2  * Copyright (C) 2012 The Guava Authors
      3  *
      4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
      5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
      6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
      7  *
      8  * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
      9  *
     10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
     11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
     12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
     13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     14  * limitations under the License.
     15  */
     16 
     17 package com.google.common.base;
     18 
     19 import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
     20 import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.SerializationStreamReader;
     21 import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.SerializationStreamWriter;
     22 
     23 /**
     24  * Custom GWT serializer for {@link Absent}.
     25  *
     26  * <p>GWT can serialize an absent {@code Optional} on its own, but the resulting object is a
     27  * different instance than the singleton {@code Absent.INSTANCE}, which breaks equality. We
     28  * implement a custom serializer to maintain the singleton property.
     29  *
     30  * @author Chris Povirk
     31  */
     32 @GwtCompatible
     33 public class Absent_CustomFieldSerializer {
     34   public static void deserialize(SerializationStreamReader reader, Absent<?> instance) {}
     35 
     36   public static Absent<?> instantiate(SerializationStreamReader reader) {
     37     return Absent.INSTANCE;
     38   }
     39 
     40   public static void serialize(SerializationStreamWriter writer, Absent<?> instance) {}
     41 }
     42