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/* --------------------------------- Package -------------------------------- */

package com.github.jessemull.microflexbigdecimal.stat;

/* ------------------------------ Dependencies ------------------------------ */

import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * This class returns the maximum value in a data set for BigDecimal plate stacks, plates, 
 * wells and well sets.
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 * Statistical operations can be performed on stacks, plates, sets and wells using
 * standard or aggregated functions. Standard functions calculate the desired
 * statistic for each well in the stack, plate or set. Aggregated functions aggregate
 * the values from all the wells in the stack, plate or set and perform the statistical
 * operation on the aggregated values. Both standard and aggregated functions can
 * be performed on a subset of data within the stack, plate, set or well.
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 * The methods within the MicroFlex library are meant to be flexible and the
 * descriptive statistic object supports operations using a single stack, plate,
 * set or well as well as collections and arrays of stacks, plates, sets or wells. 
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 * @author Jesse L. Mull
 * @update Updated Oct 18, 2016
 * @address http://www.jessemull.com
 * @email [email protected]
 */
public class Max extends DescriptiveStatistic {
	
	/**
     * Calculates the maximum value.
     * @param    List    the list
     * @return                       the result
     */
	public BigDecimal calculate(List list) {
        return Collections.max(list);
    }
    
    /**
     * Calculates the maximum value between the beginning and ending indices.
     * @param    List    the list
     * @param    int                 beginning index of subset
     * @param    int                 length of subset
     * @return                       the result
     */
    public BigDecimal calculate(List list, int begin, int length) {
        return Collections.max(list.subList(begin, begin + length));            
    }

}