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package org.mulgara.query.filter.value;
import org.mulgara.query.QueryException;
/**
* A numeric expression.
*
* @created Mar 13, 2008
* @author Paula Gearon
* @copyright © 2008 <a href="http://www.topazproject.org/">The Topaz Project</a>
* @licence <a href="{@docRoot}/../../LICENCE.txt">Open Software License v3.0</a>
*/
public interface NumericExpression extends ComparableExpression, ValueLiteral {
/**
* Retrieves a numeric value for this expression.
* @return A value in one of the subtypes of {@link java.lang.Number}
*/
Number getNumber() throws QueryException;
}