Ioss_NullEntity.h

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#ifndef IOSS_Ioss_NullEntity_h
#define IOSS_Ioss_NullEntity_h

#include <Ioss_CodeTypes.h>
#include <Ioss_GroupingEntity.h>
#include <string>

namespace Ioss {
  class DatabaseIO;

  class NullEntity : public GroupingEntity
  {
  public:
    NullEntity() : Ioss::GroupingEntity(nullptr, "null_entity", 0) {}

    std::string type_string() const { return "NullEntity"; }
    std::string short_type_string() const { return "null"; }
    EntityType  type() const { return INVALID_TYPE; }

    // Handle implicit properties -- These are calcuated from data stored
    // in the grouping entity instead of having an explicit value assigned.
    // An example would be 'element_block_count' for a region.
    Property get_implicit_property(const std::string &my_name) const
    {
      return Ioss::GroupingEntity::get_implicit_property(my_name);
    }

  protected:
    int64_t internal_get_field_data(const Field &, void *, size_t) const { return 0; }

    int64_t internal_put_field_data(const Field &, void *, size_t) const { return 0; }
  };
} // namespace Ioss
#endif