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package org.apache.apex.malhar.lib.window;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;

/**
 * This interface is for the processing part of the WindowedOperator.
 * We can assume that all stateful processing of the WindowedOperator is a form of accumulation.
 *
 * In most cases, AccumT is the same as OutputT. But in some cases, the accumulated type and the output type may be
 * different. For example, if we are doing the AVERAGE of doubles, InputT will be double, and we need the SUM and the
 * COUNT stored as type AccumT, and AccumT will be a pair of double and long, in which double is the sum of the inputs,
 * and long is the number of inputs. OutputT will be double, because it represents the average of the inputs.
 *
 * @since 3.5.0
 */
@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public interface Accumulation<InputT, AccumT, OutputT>
{
  /**
   * Returns the default accumulated value when nothing has been accumulated
   *
   * @return
   */
  AccumT defaultAccumulatedValue();

  /**
   * Accumulates the input to the accumulated value
   *
   * @param accumulatedValue
   * @param input
   * @return
   */
  AccumT accumulate(AccumT accumulatedValue, InputT input);

  /**
   * Merges two accumulated value into one
   *
   * @param accumulatedValue1
   * @param accumulatedValue2
   * @return
   */
  AccumT merge(AccumT accumulatedValue1, AccumT accumulatedValue2);

  /**
   * Gets the output of the accumulated value. This is used for generating the data for triggers
   *
   * @param accumulatedValue
   * @return
   */
  OutputT getOutput(AccumT accumulatedValue);

  /**
   * Gets the retraction of the value. This is used for retracting previous panes in
   * ACCUMULATING_AND_RETRACTING accumulation mode
   *
   * @param value
   * @return
   */
  OutputT getRetraction(OutputT value);
}