tim@93: /**
tim@93:  * 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 $
tim@93:  * Source:          $Source: /share/gdi/SDI-Suite/Repository/projekte/BSH-GDI/genericViewer/src/main/java/de/conterra/bsh/gdi/gnviewer/output/statistics/Statistics.java,v $
tim@93:  * created by:      Stefan Blume (blume)
tim@93:  * erstellt am:     14.12.2007
tim@93:  * Copyright:       con terra GmbH, 2005
tim@93:  *
tim@93:  * modified by:     $Author: blume $
tim@93:  * modified on:     $Date: 2008/01/30 12:38:34 $
tim@93:  * Version:         $Revision: 1.2 $
tim@93:  * TAG:             $Name:  $
tim@93:  * locked from:     $Locker:  $
tim@93:  * CVS State:       $State: Exp $
tim@93:  * Project:         $ProjectName$
tim@93:  */
tim@93: package de.intevation.gnv.statistics;
tim@93: 
tim@335: import de.intevation.gnv.state.describedata.KeyValueDescibeData;
sascha@454: 
tim@98: import de.intevation.gnv.statistics.exception.StatisticsException;
tim@98: 
sascha@779: import java.util.Collection;
sascha@779: 
tim@93: /**
ingo@814:  * This interface defines one single method to calculate a statistic for a
ingo@814:  * given data set.
tim@171:  * 
tim@93:  * @author blume
tim@93:  */
tim@93: public interface Statistics {
tim@93: 
tim@253:    /**
ingo@814:     * This method takes a data set and creates a statistic from it.
tim@253:     * 
ingo@814:     * @param resultSet The resulting statistic is about this data set.
ingo@814:     * @param parameters A collection of parameters.
ingo@814:     * @param measurements A collection of measurements.
ingo@814:     * @param dates A collection of dates.
ingo@814:     * @return a collection of statistics.
ingo@814:     * @throws StatisticsException if an error occured while creating the
ingo@814:     * statistic.
tim@253:     */
tim@253:     public Collection<StatisticSet>  calculateStatistics(
sascha@454:          Object                          resultSet,
sascha@454:          Collection<KeyValueDescibeData> parameters,
sascha@454:          Collection<KeyValueDescibeData> measurements,
sascha@454:          Collection<KeyValueDescibeData> dates
sascha@454:     )
sascha@454:     throws StatisticsException;
tim@93: }
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