--- /dev/null
+package DBM::Deep::Sector::File::Null;
+
+use 5.006_000;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings FATAL => 'all';
+
+use base qw( DBM::Deep::Sector::File::Data );
+
+my $STALE_SIZE = 2;
+
+# Please refer to the pack() documentation for further information
+my %StP = (
+ 1 => 'C', # Unsigned char value (no order needed as it's just one byte)
+ 2 => 'n', # Unsigned short in "network" (big-endian) order
+ 4 => 'N', # Unsigned long in "network" (big-endian) order
+ 8 => 'Q', # Usigned quad (no order specified, presumably machine-dependent)
+);
+
+sub type { $_[0]{engine}->SIG_NULL }
+sub data_length { 0 }
+sub data { return }
+
+sub _init {
+ my $self = shift;
+
+ my $engine = $self->engine;
+
+ unless ( $self->offset ) {
+ my $leftover = $self->size - $self->base_size - 1 * $engine->byte_size - 1;
+
+ $self->{offset} = $engine->_request_data_sector( $self->size );
+ $engine->storage->print_at( $self->offset, $self->type ); # Sector type
+ # Skip staleness counter
+ $engine->storage->print_at( $self->offset + $self->base_size,
+ pack( $StP{$engine->byte_size}, 0 ), # Chain loc
+ pack( $StP{1}, $self->data_length ), # Data length
+ chr(0) x $leftover, # Zero-fill the rest
+ );
+
+ return;
+ }
+}
+
+1;
+__END__