org.jscience.mathematics.analysis.expressions
Class OperatorExpression

java.lang.Object
  org.jscience.mathematics.analysis.expressions.OperatorExpression

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Expression, JavaExpressible, XMLExpressible

Direct Known Subclasses:

BinaryOperator, QuartaryOperator, TernaryOperator, UnaryOperator

public abstract class OperatorExpression
extends java.lang.Object
implements Expression

Abstract class used as super class for classes representing both unary and binary operators (and more).

See Also:

Expression, UnaryOperator, BinaryOperator, DataExpression, Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected Expression

firstOperand The first (and maybe only) Expression object an operator works on.

Constructor Summary

OperatorExpression(Expression e1)
Creates a new OperatorExpression object, and assigns the operand to the given Expression.

Method Summary

boolean	contains(Expression e) DOCUMENT ME!
Expression	factor(Expression e) DOCUMENT ME!
Expression	getFirstOperand() Returns the first operand that the OperatorExpression object works on.
Expression	isolate(Expression e) DOCUMENT ME!
Expression	isolate(Expression f, Expression e) DOCUMENT ME!
void	setFirstOperand(Expression e1) Assigns the first (and maybe only) operand that the OperatorExpression object works on to a given Expression object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.jscience.mathematics.analysis.expressions.Expression

diff, eval, getElements, isDifferentiable, isExpandable, optimize, replace, toJava, toTaylorMap, toXML

Field Detail

firstOperand

protected Expression firstOperand

The first (and maybe only) Expression object an operator works on.

Since:

1.0

Constructor Detail

OperatorExpression

public OperatorExpression(Expression e1)

Creates a new OperatorExpression object, and assigns the operand to the given Expression.

Parameters:

e1 - The Expression object that the operator should work on.

Method Detail

setFirstOperand

public void setFirstOperand(Expression e1)

Assigns the first (and maybe only) operand that the OperatorExpression object works on to a given Expression object.

Parameters:

e1 - An Expression object.

Since:

1.0

See Also:

getFirstOperand()

getFirstOperand

public Expression getFirstOperand()

Returns the first operand that the OperatorExpression object works on.

Returns:

An Expression object that represents the first operand that the OperatorExpression object works on.

Since:

1.0

See Also:

setFirstOperand(org.jscience.mathematics.analysis.expressions.Expression)

contains

public boolean contains(Expression e)

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Specified by:

contains in interface Expression

Parameters:

e - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

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isolate

public Expression isolate(Expression e)

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Specified by:

isolate in interface Expression

Parameters:

e - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

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isolate

public Expression isolate(Expression f,
                          Expression e)

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Specified by:

isolate in interface Expression

Parameters:

f - DOCUMENT ME!

e - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

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factor

public Expression factor(Expression e)

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Specified by:

factor in interface Expression

Parameters:

e - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

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