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#ifndef DUMMYTAG_HXX_INCLUDED
#define DUMMYTAG_HXX_INCLUDED

#include "itag.hxx"

/***************************   dummy tag readers   ***************************/

/** Implements the ITag interface but does
	nothing (Null object pattern), may be used for
	tags we are not interested in to avoid if-else
	branches.
*/
class CDummyTag : public ITag
{
	public:
		virtual void startTag(){};

		virtual void endTag(){};

		virtual void addCharacters(const std::wstring& /*characters*/){};

		virtual void addAttributes(const XmlTagAttributes_t& /*attributes*/){};

		virtual std::wstring getTagContent( void )
		{
			return EMPTY_STRING;
		};

		virtual ::std::wstring const getTagAttribute( ::std::wstring const & /*attrname*/ ){ return ::std::wstring(EMPTY_STRING); };
};


#endif

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