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package org.helios.apmrouter.tsmodel;

/**
 * <p>Title: TierMBean</p>
 * <p>Description: JMX MBean interface for {@link Tier}s to priovide MXBean mappings </p> 
 * <p>Company: Helios Development Group LLC</p>
 * @author Whitehead (nwhitehead AT heliosdev DOT org)
 * <p><code>org.helios.apmrouter.tsmodel.TierMBean</code></p>
 */

public interface TierMBean {
	/**
	 * Returns the number of periods in the tier
	 * @return the number of periods in the tier
	 */
	public long getPeriodCount();

	/**
	 * Returns the duration of one period in the tier
	 * @return the duration of one period in the tier
	 */
	public Duration getPeriodDuration();

	/**
	 * Returns the duration of the full tier
	 * @return the duration of the full tier
	 */
	public Duration getTierDuration();

	/**
	 * Returns the name of the tier
	 * @return the name of the tier
	 */
	public String getName();
	
	/**
	 * Returns the level of tier within the time series model
	 * @return the level of tier within the time series model
	 */
	public int getLevel();	


}