<?PHP

  require_once ('twIf/i18n.php');
  require_once ('twIf/object.php');
  
  /**
   * Object Dummy
   * ------------
   * Dummy-Class to use with volatile data
   * 
   * @class twIf_Object_Dummy
   * @extends twIf_Object
   * @revision 01
   * @package twIf
   * @author Bernd Holzmueller <bernd@tiggerswelt.net>
   **/
  class twIf_Object_Dummy extends twIf_Object {
    const TWIF_LAZY_VARIABLES = 1;
    
    // {{{ newInstance
    /**
     * Create a new dummy
     * 
     * @access public
     * @return object
     **/
    public static function newInstance () {
      // Check if there is support for late static binding
      if (!function_exists ('get_called_class')) {
        trigger_error (twIf_i18n::getText ('No support for late static binding, creating %s', __CLASS__));
        
        return new twIf_Object_Dummy;
      }
      
      // Return handle of our child class
      $Class = get_called_class ();
      return new $Class;
    }
    // }}}
    
    // {{{ getInstance
    /**
     * Load a faked instance
     * 
     * @remark This is just a dummy for newInstance(), as we have no storage assigned
     * 
     * @access public
     * @return object
     **/
    public static function getInstance ($Value = null, $Key = null) {
      return self::newInstance ();
    }
    // }}}
    
    // {{{ getID
    /**
     * Retrive a faked ID for this class
     * 
     * @access public
     * @return string
     **/
    public function getID () {
      return 'singleton';
    }
    // }}}
    
    // {{{ commit
    /**
     * Fake a successfull commit
     * 
     * @access public
     * @return bool Always true
     **/
    public function commit () {
      return true;
    }
    // }}}
  }

?>