sascha@836: /**
sascha@836:  * 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 $
sascha@836:  * Source:          $Source: /share/gdi/SDI-Suite/Repository/projekte/BSH-GDI/genericViewer/src/main/java/de/conterra/bsh/gdi/gnviewer/output/statistics/Statistics.java,v $
sascha@836:  * created by:      Stefan Blume (blume)
sascha@836:  * erstellt am:     14.12.2007
sascha@836:  * Copyright:       con terra GmbH, 2005
sascha@836:  *
sascha@836:  * modified by:     $Author: blume $
sascha@836:  * modified on:     $Date: 2008/01/30 12:38:34 $
sascha@836:  * Version:         $Revision: 1.2 $
sascha@836:  * TAG:             $Name:  $
sascha@836:  * locked from:     $Locker:  $
sascha@836:  * CVS State:       $State: Exp $
sascha@836:  * Project:         $ProjectName$
sascha@836:  */
sascha@836: package de.intevation.gnv.statistics;
sascha@836: 
sascha@836: import de.intevation.gnv.state.describedata.KeyValueDescibeData;
sascha@836: 
sascha@836: import de.intevation.gnv.statistics.exception.StatisticsException;
sascha@836: 
sascha@836: import java.util.Collection;
sascha@836: 
sascha@836: /**
sascha@836:  * This interface defines one single method to calculate a statistic for a
sascha@836:  * given data set.
sascha@836:  * 
sascha@836:  * @author blume
sascha@836:  */
sascha@836: public interface Statistics {
sascha@836: 
sascha@836:    /**
sascha@836:     * This method takes a data set and creates a statistic from it.
sascha@836:     * 
sascha@836:     * @param resultSet The resulting statistic is about this data set.
sascha@836:     * @param parameters A collection of parameters.
sascha@836:     * @param measurements A collection of measurements.
sascha@836:     * @param dates A collection of dates.
sascha@836:     * @return a collection of statistics.
sascha@836:     * @throws StatisticsException if an error occured while creating the
sascha@836:     * statistic.
sascha@836:     */
sascha@836:     public Collection<StatisticSet>  calculateStatistics(
sascha@836:          Object                          resultSet,
sascha@836:          Collection<KeyValueDescibeData> parameters,
sascha@836:          Collection<KeyValueDescibeData> measurements,
sascha@836:          Collection<KeyValueDescibeData> dates
sascha@836:     )
sascha@836:     throws StatisticsException;
sascha@836: }
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