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Null Object: Set objects that do nothing but avoid fatal errors

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This class can setup objects that do nothing but avoid fatal errors.

It has the magic methods __call and __set that do not do anything but return the class object itself.

This ways the object be used in chained function calls without causing fatal errors.

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Sometimes applications need to pass objects but that do not do anything useful but can handle accesses to functions and variables that do not really exist.

This class can be used for those situations. It provides magic methods that return the class object so it can be used in chained function calls.

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