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package org.apache.qpid.server.filter;
//
// Based on like named file from r450141 of the Apache ActiveMQ project <http://www.activemq.org/site/home.html>
//

/**
 * An expression which performs an operation on two expression values.
 */
public abstract class BinaryExpression<T> implements Expression<T>
{
    private final Expression<T> left;
    private final Expression<T> right;

    public BinaryExpression(Expression<T> left, Expression<T> right)
    {
        this.left = left;
        this.right = right;
    }

    public Expression<T> getLeft()
    {
        return left;
    }

    public Expression<T> getRight()
    {
        return right;
    }

    /**
     * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
     */
    @Override
    public String toString()
    {
        return "(" + left.toString() + " " + getExpressionSymbol() + " " + right.toString() + ")";
    }

    /**
     * TODO: more efficient hashCode()
     *
     * @see java.lang.Object#hashCode()
     */
    @Override
    public int hashCode()
    {
        return toString().hashCode();
    }

    /**
     * TODO: more efficient hashCode()
     *
     * @see java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)
     */
    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object o)
    {

        if ((o == null) || !this.getClass().equals(o.getClass()))
        {
            return false;
        }

        return toString().equals(o.toString());

    }

    /**
     * Returns the symbol that represents this binary expression.  For example, addition is
     * represented by "+"
     *
     * @return the expression symbol
     */
    public abstract String getExpressionSymbol();

}