Package com.invirgance.convirgance.olap

Class Measure

java.lang.Object

com.invirgance.convirgance.olap.Measure

Direct Known Subclasses:

AverageMeasure, SumMeasure

public class Measure
extends Object

Provides support for aggregated quantitative values of data.

Author:

jbanes

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Measure()	Default constructor initializes an empty Measure with no assigned attributes.
Measure(String name, Metric metric, String function)	Constructs a Measure with a specified name, associated Metric, and the function that generates the measure.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getFunction()	Returns the function associated with the Measure.
Metric	getMetric()	Returns the Metric associated with this Measure.
String	getName()	Returns the name of the Measure as a String.
Star	getStar()	Returns the star schema associated with the Measure.
void	setFunction(String function)	Assigns a function to the Measure object.
void	setMetric(Metric metric)	Sets the Metric associated with this Measure.
void	setName(String name)	Assigned a name to this Measure.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Measure

public Measure()

Default constructor initializes an empty Measure with no assigned attributes.

Measure

public Measure(String name,
 Metric metric,
 String function)

Constructs a Measure with a specified name, associated Metric, and the function that generates the measure.

Parameters:

name - the name of the measure as a String.

metric - the associated Metric object.

function - the name of the aggregating SQL function as a String.

Method Details

getStar

public Star getStar()

Returns the star schema associated with the Measure.

Returns:

Star object associated with the Measure.

getName

public String getName()

Returns the name of the Measure as a String.

Returns:

name of the Measure as a String.

setName

public void setName(String name)

Assigned a name to this Measure.

Parameters:

name - the name to be assigned.

getMetric

public Metric getMetric()

Returns the Metric associated with this Measure.

Returns:

The Metric behind the Measure.

setMetric

public void setMetric(Metric metric)

Sets the Metric associated with this Measure.

Parameters:

metric - the Metric associated with the Measure.

getFunction

public String getFunction()

Returns the function associated with the Measure.

Returns:

the function associated with the Measure as a String.

setFunction

public void setFunction(String function)

Assigns a function to the Measure object.

Parameters:

function - the function associated with the measure as a String.