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package org.jruby.ast;

import java.util.List;

import org.jruby.Ruby;
import org.jruby.ast.visitor.NodeVisitor;
import org.jruby.lexer.yacc.ISourcePosition;
import org.jruby.runtime.Block;
import org.jruby.runtime.ThreadContext;
import org.jruby.runtime.builtin.IRubyObject;

/** 
 * Represents the unassignable star in a multiple assignent (e.g. a,b,* = arr).
 * 
 * AssignmentVisitor.multiAssign checks for this (this is never visited directly)
 */
public class StarNode extends Node {
    /**
     * Constructor for StarNode.
     */
    public StarNode(ISourcePosition position) {
        super(position);
    }

    public NodeType getNodeType() {
        return NodeType.STARNODE;
    }

    /**
     * @see Node#accept(NodeVisitor)
     */
    public Object accept(NodeVisitor visitor) {
    	return null; // never visited, should be fine
    }
    
    public List<Node> childNodes() {
        return EMPTY_LIST;
    }

    @Override
    public IRubyObject assign(Ruby runtime, ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, IRubyObject value, Block block, boolean checkArity) {
        return null;
    }
}
