Statistics.java

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package org.apache.cocoon.profiling.statistics;

/**
 * A simple statistics object.
 * A statistics object stores the duration for an invocation
 * of a defined category.
 *
 * @version $Id$
 * @since 2.1.10
 */
public interface Statistics {

    /**
     * The duration of the invocation in milliseconds.
     */
    long getDuration();

    /**
     * The category for the invocation.
     */
    String getCategory();
}