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package org.apache.flink.metrics;

/**
 * Histogram statistics represent the current snapshot of elements recorded in the histogram.
 *
 * The histogram statistics allow to calculate values for quantiles, the mean, the standard
 * deviation, the minimum and the maximum.
 */
public abstract class HistogramStatistics {

	/**
	 * Returns the value for the given quantile based on the represented histogram statistics.
	 *
	 * @param quantile Quantile to calculate the value for
	 * @return Value for the given quantile
	 */
	public abstract double getQuantile(double quantile);

	/**
	 * Returns the elements of the statistics' sample
	 *
	 * @return Elements of the statistics' sample
	 */
	public abstract long[] getValues();

	/**
	 * Returns the size of the statistics' sample
	 *
	 * @return Size of the statistics' sample
	 */
	public abstract int size();

	/**
	 * Returns the mean of the histogram values.
	 *
	 * @return Mean of the histogram values
	 */
	public abstract double getMean();

	/**
	 * Returns the standard deviation of the distribution reflected by the histogram statistics.
	 *
	 * @return Standard deviation of histogram distribution
	 */
	public abstract double getStdDev();

	/**
	 * Returns the maximum value of the histogram.
	 *
	 * @return Maximum value of the histogram
	 */
	public abstract long getMax();

	/**
	 * Returns the minimum value of the histogram.
	 *
	 * @return Minimum value of the histogram
	 */
	public abstract long getMin();
}