001package org.apache.commons.jcs.engine.stats.behavior; 002 003/* 004 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 005 * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 006 * distributed with this work for additional information 007 * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 008 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 009 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 010 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 011 * 012 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 013 * 014 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 015 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 016 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 017 * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 018 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 019 * under the License. 020 */ 021 022import java.io.Serializable; 023import java.util.List; 024 025/** 026 * This interface defines the common behavior for a stats holder. 027 * 028 * @author aaronsm 029 * 030 */ 031public interface IStats 032 extends Serializable 033{ 034 035 /** 036 * Return generic statistical or historical data. 037 * 038 * @return list of IStatElements 039 */ 040 List<IStatElement<?>> getStatElements(); 041 042 /** 043 * Set the generic statistical or historical data. 044 * 045 * @param stats 046 */ 047 void setStatElements( List<IStatElement<?>> stats ); 048 049 /** 050 * Get the type name, such as "LRU Memory Cache." No formal type is defined. 051 * 052 * @return String 053 */ 054 String getTypeName(); 055 056 /** 057 * Set the type name, such as "LRU Memory Cache." No formal type is defined. 058 * If we need formal types, we can use the cachetype param 059 * 060 * @param name 061 */ 062 void setTypeName( String name ); 063}