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/*
	Copyright (C) 2016 Johan Mattsson

	This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 
	it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as 
	published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the 
	License, or (at your option) any later version.

	This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
	WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 
	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 
	Lesser General Public License for more details.
*/

using Cairo;

namespace SvgBird {

public class EmptyObject : Object {

	public EmptyObject () {
	}
	
	public override bool is_over (double x, double y) {
		return false;
	}
			
	public override void draw_outline (Context cr) {
	}

	public override bool is_empty () {
		return false;
	}

	public override Object copy () {
		return new EmptyObject ();
	}

	public override string to_string () {
		return "Empty";
	}
}

}

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