/*
* RHQ Management Platform
* Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Red Hat, Inc.
* All rights reserved.
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as
* published by the Free Software Foundation, and/or the GNU Lesser
* General Public License, version 2.1, also as published by the Free
* Software Foundation.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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*/
package org.rhq.core.domain.measurement;
/**
* Describe the type of data that is to be collected. The typical type is "measurement" (i.e. numeric) data that
* normally changes over time (see {@link NumericType} for further classification of this kind of data). A "trait" is
* typically a value that changes rarely (e.g. number of CPUs on a platform, or an install path). "Complex" data is
* tabular in nature with N columns of N rows of values. Call-time data is the min/max/avg call durations for each
* destination (e.g. URL or session EJB method) in a set of destinations. Availability is used only for the
* built-in AvailabilityScanPeriod measurement.
*
* @author John Mazzitelli
* @see NumericType
*/
public enum DataType {
MEASUREMENT, TRAIT, COMPLEX, CALLTIME, AVAILABILITY
}