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 * $Id: BinaryExpr.java 1252 2006-11-09 16:21:05Z elharo $
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package org.jaxen.expr;


/**
 * Represents a binary expression. 
 * This does not match anything in the XPath 1.0 grammar, but in Jaxen
 * it includes the usual binary operations such as addition, multiplication,
 * logical and, logical or, and so forth.
 * 
 */
public interface BinaryExpr extends Expr
{
    
    /**
     * Returns the left-hand side of the binary expression.
     * 
     * @return the left hand side expression
     */
    Expr getLHS();

    
    /**
     * Returns the right-hand side of the binary expression.
     * 
     * @return the right-hand side expression
     */
    Expr getRHS();
    
    /**
     * Returns the operator for the binary expression such as "+" or
     * "div".
     * 
     * @return the operator for the expression
     */
    String getOperator();
    
}
