uno.informatics.data

Interface Scale

All Superinterfaces:

Entity, SimpleEntity

public interface Scale
extends Entity

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DataType	getDataType() Gets the data type for this scale
Number	getMaximumValue() Gets the maximum value in the scale
Number	getMinimumValue() Gets the minimum value in the scale
ScaleType	getScaleType() Gets the scale type for this scale
List<Object>	getValues() Gets all possible values for this scale.

Methods inherited from interface uno.informatics.data.Entity

getAbbreviation, getDescription, getType

Methods inherited from interface uno.informatics.data.SimpleEntity

getName, getUniqueIdentifier

Method Detail

getMaximumValue

Number getMaximumValue()

Gets the maximum value in the scale

Returns:

the maximum value in the scale, or null if the maximum value is not applicable, e.g. for nominal scales

getMinimumValue

Number getMinimumValue()

Gets the minimum value in the scale

Returns:

the minimum value in the scale, or null if the maximum value is not applicable, e.g. for nominal scales

getValues

List<Object> getValues()

Gets all possible values for this scale. Values can not be repeated. The order of the values is important for Ordinal scales

Returns:

all possible values for this scale, or null the number of possible values is large or infinite, e.g. for ratio and interval scales

getDataType

DataType getDataType()

Gets the data type for this scale

Returns:

the data type for this scale

getScaleType

ScaleType getScaleType()

Gets the scale type for this scale

Returns:

the scale type for this scale