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| Derby - Class org.apache.derby.catalog.Statistics |
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| package org.apache.derby.catalog; |
| |
| /** |
| |
| <P> |
| This interface is used in the column SYS.SYSSTATISTICS.STATISTICS. It |
| encapsulates information collected by the UPDATE STATISTICS command |
| and is used internally by the Derby optimizer to estimate cost |
| and selectivity of different query plans. |
| <p> |
| */ |
| |
| public interface Statistics |
| { |
| /** |
| * Returns the estimated number of rows in the index. |
| * |
| * @return Number of rows. |
| */ |
| long getRowEstimate(); |
| |
| /** |
| * @return the selectivity for a set of predicates. |
| */ |
| double selectivity(Object[] predicates); |
| } |