/**
* AnalyzerBeans
* Copyright (C) 2014 Neopost - Customer Information Management
*
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*
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* for more details.
*
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* Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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*/
package org.eobjects.analyzer.beans.api;
import java.util.Collection;
import org.eobjects.analyzer.result.Metric;
/**
* Represents a parameterizable metric definition. With this instance you allow
* metrics to provide (potentially dynamic) metadata about the metric to hint
* how it should be properly parameterized.
*
* Use the {@link #getValue(String)} with an actual parameter to retrieve the
* metric value.
*
* @see Metric
*
* @since AnalyzerBeans 0.16
*/
public interface ParameterizableMetric {
public Collection<String> getParameterSuggestions();
public Number getValue(String parameter);
}