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- // Copyright(c) 1996,1997 ObjectSpace, Inc.
- // Portions Copyright(c) 1995, 1996 Hewlett-Packard Company.
-
- package COM.objectspace.jgl;
-
- /**
- * NegateNumber is a binary function that assumes its operand is an
- * instance of Number and returns its negation.
- * <p>
- * @see java.lang.Number
- * @see java.math.BigInteger
- * @see java.math.BigDecimal
- * @version 2.0.2
- * @author ObjectSpace, Inc.
- */
-
- public final class NegateNumber implements UnaryFunction
- {
- private Class mode;
- private static Integer zero = new Integer( 0 );
-
- /**
- * Construct myself to use intValue() for operation.
- */
- public NegateNumber()
- {
- mode = new Integer( 0 ).getClass();
- }
-
- /**
- * Construct myself to operate on objects of the given class. The class must
- * be derived from java.lang.Number.
- * @param discriminator The class of objects on which I will be operating.
- * @exception java.lang.IllegalArgumentException Throw if discriminator is not an instance of java.lang.Number.
- */
- public NegateNumber( Class discriminator )
- {
- if ( !NumberHelper.classNumber.isAssignableFrom( discriminator ) )
- throw new IllegalArgumentException( "discriminator must be an instance of java.lang.Number" );
- mode = discriminator;
- }
-
- /**
- * Return the negation of my operand.
- * Be aware that some floating point conversions are not exact, and may
- * cause unexpected results due to rounding.
- * @param object The operand, which must be an instance of Number.
- * @exception COM.objectspace.jgl.InvalidOperationException Throw if I don't know how to interpret the values.
- * @return -object
- */
- public Object execute( Object object )
- {
- return NumberHelper.minus( zero, (Number)object, mode );
- }
- }
-