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+/**
+ * Title:           Statistics, $Header: /share/gdi/SDI-Suite/Repository/projekte/BSH-GDI/genericViewer/src/main/java/de/conterra/bsh/gdi/gnviewer/output/statistics/Statistics.java,v 1.2 2008/01/30 12:38:34 blume Exp $
+ * Source:          $Source: /share/gdi/SDI-Suite/Repository/projekte/BSH-GDI/genericViewer/src/main/java/de/conterra/bsh/gdi/gnviewer/output/statistics/Statistics.java,v $
+ * created by:      Stefan Blume (blume)
+ * erstellt am:     14.12.2007
+ * Copyright:       con terra GmbH, 2005
+ *
+ * modified by:     $Author: blume $
+ * modified on:     $Date: 2008/01/30 12:38:34 $
+ * Version:         $Revision: 1.2 $
+ * TAG:             $Name:  $
+ * locked from:     $Locker:  $
+ * CVS State:       $State: Exp $
+ * Project:         $ProjectName$
+ */
+package de.intevation.gnv.statistics;
+
+import de.intevation.gnv.state.describedata.KeyValueDescibeData;
+
+import de.intevation.gnv.statistics.exception.StatisticsException;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+/**
+ * This interface defines one single method to calculate a statistic for a
+ * given data set.
+ *
+ * @author blume
+ */
+public interface Statistics {
+
+   /**
+    * This method takes a data set and creates a statistic from it.
+    *
+    * @param resultSet The resulting statistic is about this data set.
+    * @param parameters A collection of parameters.
+    * @param measurements A collection of measurements.
+    * @param dates A collection of dates.
+    * @return a collection of statistics.
+    * @throws StatisticsException if an error occured while creating the
+    * statistic.
+    */
+    public Collection<StatisticSet>  calculateStatistics(
+         Object                          resultSet,
+         Collection<KeyValueDescibeData> parameters,
+         Collection<KeyValueDescibeData> measurements,
+         Collection<KeyValueDescibeData> dates
+    )
+    throws StatisticsException;
+}
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