diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/filter/AbsoluteFalseFilter.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/filter/AbsoluteFalseFilter.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2005-2010 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.ldap.filter;
+
+/**
+ * A filter that will always evaluate to <code>false</code>, as specified in RFC4526.
+ *
+ * @author Mattias Hellborg Arthursson
+ * @see <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4526">RFC4526</a>
+ * @since 1.3.2
+ */
+public class AbsoluteFalseFilter extends AbstractFilter {
+    public StringBuffer encode(StringBuffer buff) {
+        return buff.append("(|)");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/filter/AbsoluteTrueFilter.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/filter/AbsoluteTrueFilter.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2005-2010 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.ldap.filter;
+
+/**
+ * A filter that will always evaluate to <code>true</code>, as specified in RFC4526.
+ *
+ * @author Mattias Hellborg Arthursson
+ * @see <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4526">RFC4526</a>
+ * @since 1.3.2
+ */
+public class AbsoluteTrueFilter extends AbstractFilter {
+    public StringBuffer encode(StringBuffer buff) {
+        buff.append("(&)");
+        return buff;
+    }
+}