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017package org.apache.commons.math3.stat.descriptive;
018
019import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.MathIllegalArgumentException;
020import org.apache.commons.math3.util.MathArrays;
021
022
023/**
024 * Base interface implemented by all statistics.
025 *
026 */
027public interface UnivariateStatistic extends MathArrays.Function {
028    /**
029     * Returns the result of evaluating the statistic over the input array.
030     *
031     * @param values input array
032     * @return the value of the statistic applied to the input array
033     * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException  if values is null
034     */
035    double evaluate(double[] values) throws MathIllegalArgumentException;
036
037    /**
038     * Returns the result of evaluating the statistic over the specified entries
039     * in the input array.
040     *
041     * @param values the input array
042     * @param begin the index of the first element to include
043     * @param length the number of elements to include
044     * @return the value of the statistic applied to the included array entries
045     * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException if values is null or the indices are invalid
046     */
047    double evaluate(double[] values, int begin, int length) throws MathIllegalArgumentException;
048
049    /**
050     * Returns a copy of the statistic with the same internal state.
051     *
052     * @return a copy of the statistic
053     */
054    UnivariateStatistic copy();
055}