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package javax.management.j2ee.statistics;
/**
* The Statistic model and its sub-models specify the data models which are requried to be used to provide the performance
* data described by the specific attributes in the Stats models.
*
* @author thomas.diesler@jboss.org
*/
public interface Statistic
{
/**
* The name of this Statistic.
*/
public String getName();
/**
* The unit of measurement for this Statistic. Valid values for TimeStatistic measurements are "HOUR", "MINUTE", "SECOND", "MILLISECOND", "MICROSECOND" and "NANOSECOND".
*/
public String getUnit();
/**
* A human-readable description of the Statistic.
*/
public String getDescription();
/**
* The time of the first measurement represented as a long, whose value is the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00.
*/
public long getStartTime();
/**
* The time of the last measurement represented as a long, whose value is the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00.
*/
public long getLastSampleTime();
}