/*
* 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 as published by
* the Free Software Foundation version 2 of the License.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
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*/
package org.rhq.plugins.perftest.measurement;
import org.rhq.core.domain.measurement.MeasurementData;
import org.rhq.core.domain.measurement.MeasurementScheduleRequest;
/**
* @author Jason Dobies
*/
public interface MeasurementFactory {
/**
* Returns a measurement data value for the specified measurement. The actual generation of the next value is
* dependent on the implementation of this interface.
*
* @param request describes which measurement is being calculated
*
* @return next measurement data point
*/
MeasurementData nextValue(MeasurementScheduleRequest request);
}