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package org.apache.commons.collections.functors;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.apache.commons.collections.Predicate;

/**
 * Predicate implementation that returns true if the input is not null.
 * 
 * @since Commons Collections 3.0
 * @version $Revision: 1.6 $ $Date: 2004/05/16 11:47:38 $
 *
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 */
public final class NotNullPredicate implements Predicate, Serializable {

    /** Serial version UID */
    static final long serialVersionUID = 7533784454832764388L;
    
    /** Singleton predicate instance */
    public static final Predicate INSTANCE = new NotNullPredicate();

    /**
     * Factory returning the singleton instance.
     * 
     * @return the singleton instance
     * @since Commons Collections 3.1
     */
    public static Predicate getInstance() {
        return INSTANCE;
    }

    /**
     * Restricted constructor.
     */
    private NotNullPredicate() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * Evaluates the predicate returning true if the object does not equal null.
     * 
     * @param object  the object to evaluate
     * @return true if not null
     */
    public boolean evaluate(Object object) {
        return (object != null);
    }

}