001package org.apache.commons.jcs3.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 */ 028public interface IStats 029 extends Serializable 030{ 031 032 /** 033 * Return generic statistical or historical data. 034 * 035 * @return list of IStatElements 036 */ 037 List<IStatElement<?>> getStatElements(); 038 039 /** 040 * Set the generic statistical or historical data. 041 * 042 * @param stats 043 */ 044 void setStatElements( List<IStatElement<?>> stats ); 045 046 /** 047 * Get the type name, such as "LRU Memory Cache." No formal type is defined. 048 * 049 * @return String 050 */ 051 String getTypeName(); 052 053 /** 054 * Set the type name, such as "LRU Memory Cache." No formal type is defined. 055 * If we need formal types, we can use the cachetype param 056 * 057 * @param name 058 */ 059 void setTypeName( String name ); 060}