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Name: Null Design Pattern
ID: m17227
Language: English (en)
Summary: Describe the Null Design Pattern: an object that does nothing.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: design pattern, null, null design pattern, null object pattern, pattern
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 2.0)
Authors: Stephen Wong (swong@rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: Stephen Wong (swong@rice.edu)
Maintainers: Alex Tribble (prat@rice.edu), Stephen Wong (swong@rice.edu), Dung Nguyen (dxnguyen@rice.edu)
Version: 1.2 (history)
Created: Jul 17, 2008 3:09 pm GMT-5
Revised: Jul 25, 2008 3:45 pm GMT-5

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Version: 1.2 Jul 25, 2008 3:45 pm GMT-5 by Alex Tribble
Changes: 
Applied appropriate roles.
Version: 1.1 Jul 17, 2008 3:15 pm GMT-5 by Alex Tribble
Changes: 
Initial revision

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