/**
*    Copyright 2011, Big Switch Networks, Inc. 
*    Originally created by David Erickson, Stanford University
* 
*    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
*    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
*    a copy of the License at
*
*         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
*    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
*    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
*    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
*    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
*    under the License.
**/

/**
 * Simple interface for a counter whose value can be retrieved in several different
 * time increments (last x seconds, minutes, hours, days)
 */
package net.floodlightcontroller.counter;

import java.util.Date;

/**
 * @author kyle
 *
 */
public interface ICounter {
  
  /**
   * Most commonly used method
   */
  public void increment();
  
  /**
   * Used primarily for testing - no performance guarantees
   */
  public void increment(Date d, long delta);
  
  /**
   * Counter value setter
   */
  public void setCounter(Date d, CounterValue value);
  
  /**
   * Return the most current value
   */
  public Date getCounterDate();
  
  /**
   * Return the most current value
   */
  public CounterValue getCounterValue();
  
  /**
   * Reset the value
   */
  public void reset(Date d);
  
  /**
   * Returns a CountSeries that is a snapshot of the counter's values for the given dateSpan.  (Further changes
   * to this counter won't be reflected in the CountSeries that comes  back.)
   * 
   * @param dateSpan
   * @return
   */
  public CountSeries snapshot(DateSpan dateSpan);
  

  public static enum DateSpan {
    REALTIME,
    SECONDS,
    MINUTES,
    HOURS,
    DAYS,
    WEEKS
  }
}