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17  package org.apache.commons.io.input;
18  
19  import static org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.EOF;
20  
21  import java.io.IOException;
22  import java.io.Reader;
23  
24  import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
25  
26  /**
27   * Always returns {@link IOUtils#EOF} to all attempts to read something from it.
28   * <p>
29   * Typically uses of this class include testing for corner cases in methods that accept readers and acting as a sentinel
30   * value instead of a {@code null} reader.
31   * </p>
32   *
33   * @since 2.7
34   */
35  public class ClosedReader extends Reader {
36  
37      /**
38       * The singleton instance.
39       *
40       * @since 2.12.0
41       */
42      public static final ClosedReader INSTANCE = new ClosedReader();
43  
44      /**
45       * The singleton instance.
46       *
47       * @deprecated {@link #INSTANCE}.
48       */
49      @Deprecated
50      public static final ClosedReader CLOSED_READER = INSTANCE;
51  
52      @Override
53      public void close() throws IOException {
54          // noop
55      }
56  
57      /**
58       * Returns -1 to indicate that the stream is closed.
59       *
60       * @param cbuf ignored
61       * @param off ignored
62       * @param len ignored
63       * @return always -1
64       */
65      @Override
66      public int read(final char[] cbuf, final int off, final int len) {
67          return EOF;
68      }
69  
70  }