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package org.apache.datasketches.quantilescommon;

import static org.apache.datasketches.quantilescommon.QuantileSearchCriteria.INCLUSIVE;

/**
 * This enables the special functions for performing efficient partitioning of massive data.
 */
public interface PartitioningFeature {

  /**
   * This method returns an instance of
   * {@link GenericPartitionBoundaries GenericPartitionBoundaries} which provides
   * sufficient information for the user to create the given number of equally sized partitions, where "equally sized"
   * refers to an approximately equal number of items per partition.
   *
   * 

This method is equivalent to * {@link #getPartitionBoundaries(int, QuantileSearchCriteria) getPartitionBoundaries(numEquallySized, INCLUSIVE)}. *

* * @param numEquallySized an integer that specifies the number of equally sized partitions between * {@link GenericPartitionBoundaries#getMinItem() getMinItem()} and * {@link GenericPartitionBoundaries#getMaxItem() getMaxItem()}. * This must be a positive integer greater than zero. *
    *
  • A 1 will return: minItem, maxItem.
  • *
  • A 2 will return: minItem, median quantile, maxItem.
  • *
  • Etc.
  • *
* * @return an instance of {@link GenericPartitionBoundaries GenericPartitionBoundaries}. * @throws IllegalArgumentException if sketch is empty. * @throws IllegalArgumentException if numEquallySized is less than 1. */ default GenericPartitionBoundaries getPartitionBoundaries(int numEquallySized) { return getPartitionBoundaries(numEquallySized, INCLUSIVE); } /** * This method returns an instance of * {@link GenericPartitionBoundaries GenericPartitionBoundaries} which provides * sufficient information for the user to create the given number of equally sized partitions, where "equally sized" * refers to an approximately equal number of items per partition. * * @param numEquallySized an integer that specifies the number of equally sized partitions between * {@link GenericPartitionBoundaries#getMinItem() getMinItem()} and * {@link GenericPartitionBoundaries#getMaxItem() getMaxItem()}. * This must be a positive integer greater than zero. *
    *
  • A 1 will return: minItem, maxItem.
  • *
  • A 2 will return: minItem, median quantile, maxItem.
  • *
  • Etc.
  • *
* * @param searchCrit * If INCLUSIVE, all the returned quantiles are the upper boundaries of the equally sized partitions * with the exception of the lowest returned quantile, which is the lowest boundary of the lowest ranked partition. * If EXCLUSIVE, all the returned quantiles are the lower boundaries of the equally sized partitions * with the exception of the highest returned quantile, which is the upper boundary of the highest ranked partition. * * @return an instance of {@link GenericPartitionBoundaries GenericPartitionBoundaries}. * @throws IllegalArgumentException if sketch is empty. * @throws IllegalArgumentException if numEquallySized is less than 1. */ GenericPartitionBoundaries getPartitionBoundaries(int numEquallySized, QuantileSearchCriteria searchCrit); }




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