spork-master/src/org/apache/pig/newplan/logical/expression/BinaryExpression.java
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package org.apache.pig.newplan.logical.expression;

import org.apache.pig.impl.logicalLayer.FrontendException;
import org.apache.pig.newplan.OperatorPlan;

/**
 * Superclass for all binary expressions
 *
 */
public abstract class BinaryExpression extends LogicalExpression {
    
    /**
     * Will add this operator to the plan and connect it to the 
     * left and right hand side operators.
     * @param name of the operator
     * @param plan plan this operator is part of
     * @param lhs expression on its left hand side
     * @param rhs expression on its right hand side
     */
    public BinaryExpression(String name,
                            OperatorPlan plan,
                            LogicalExpression lhs,
                            LogicalExpression rhs) {
        super(name, plan);
        plan.add(this);
        plan.connect(this, lhs);
        plan.connect(this, rhs);
    }

    /**
     * Get the left hand side of this binary expression.
     * @return expression on the left hand side
     * @throws FrontendException 
     */
    public LogicalExpression getLhs() throws FrontendException {
        return (LogicalExpression)plan.getSuccessors(this).get(0);        
    }

    /**
     * Get the right hand side of this binary expression.
     * @return expression on the right hand side
     * @throws FrontendException 
     */
    public LogicalExpression getRhs() throws FrontendException {
        return (LogicalExpression)plan.getSuccessors(this).get(1);
    }    
}
