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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/stat/descriptive/UnivariateStatistic.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/stat/descriptive/UnivariateStatistic.java new file mode 100644 index 0000000..92c9ee2 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/stat/descriptive/UnivariateStatistic.java @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +/* + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more + * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with + * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. + * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 + * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with + * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + * + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + * + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software + * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, + * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. + * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and + * limitations under the License. + */ +package org.apache.commons.math.stat.descriptive; + + +/** + * Base interface implemented by all statistics. + * + * @version $Revision: 811685 $ $Date: 2009-09-05 19:36:48 +0200 (sam. 05 sept. 2009) $ + */ +public interface UnivariateStatistic { + + /** + * Returns the result of evaluating the statistic over the input array. + * + * @param values input array + * @return the value of the statistic applied to the input array + */ + double evaluate(double[] values); + + /** + * Returns the result of evaluating the statistic over the specified entries + * in the input array. + * + * @param values the input array + * @param begin the index of the first element to include + * @param length the number of elements to include + * @return the value of the statistic applied to the included array entries + */ + double evaluate(double[] values, int begin, int length); + + /** + * Returns a copy of the statistic with the same internal state. + * + * @return a copy of the statistic + */ + UnivariateStatistic copy(); + +} |