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package org.apache.xpath.operations;

import org.apache.xpath.XPathContext;
import org.apache.xpath.objects.XNumber;
import org.apache.xpath.objects.XObject;

/**
 * The binary '-' operation expression executer.
 */
public class Minus extends Operation
{
    static final long serialVersionUID = -5297672838170871043L;

  /**
   * Apply the operation to two operands, and return the result.
   *
   *
   * @param left non-null reference to the evaluated left operand.
   * @param right non-null reference to the evaluated right operand.
   *
   * @return non-null reference to the XObject that represents the 
   *         result of the operation.
   *
   * @throws javax.xml.transform.TransformerException
   */
  public XObject operate(XObject left, XObject right)
          throws javax.xml.transform.TransformerException
  {
    return new XNumber(left.num() - right.num());
  }
  
  /**
   * Evaluate this operation directly to a double.
   *
   * @param xctxt The runtime execution context.
   *
   * @return The result of the operation as a double.
   *
   * @throws javax.xml.transform.TransformerException
   */
  public double num(XPathContext xctxt)
          throws javax.xml.transform.TransformerException
  {

    return (m_left.num(xctxt) - m_right.num(xctxt));
  }

}