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/* MutableTimeStatistic.java
 * $Id: MutableTimeStatistic.java,v 1.3 2007/05/05 05:25:48 tcfujii Exp $
 * $Revision: 1.3 $
 * $Date: 2007/05/05 05:25:48 $
 */


package com.sun.enterprise.admin.monitor.stats;

/**
 * Provides mutable nature to the {@link TimeStatistic}. Like other MutableStatistic
 * interfaces, it does have the state to calculate the specific statistical data
 * in {@link TimeStatistic}. Unlike other mutable statistics though, in this interface
 * there is some consideration of a sequence. Once an instance of this interface
 * is created, subsequent call to {@link #incrementCount} has a twofold effect:
 * <ul>
 *   <li> Increments the count for number of times the operation is executed by 1 </li>
 *   <li> Keeps a count of maximum/minimum/total execution time </li>
 * <ul>
 * @author  <a href="mailto:Kedar.Mhaswade@sun.com">Kedar Mhaswade</a>
 * @since S1AS8.0
 * @version $Revision: 1.3 $
 */
public interface MutableTimeStatistic extends MutableStatistic {
    
    /**
     * Increments the count for number of times an operation is called by 1 and 
     * processes the given parameter in a certain manner. 
     */
    public void incrementCount(long currentExecutionTimeMillis);
}