hep.aida
Interface IBaseHistogram

All Known Subinterfaces:

ICloud, ICloud1D, ICloud2D, ICloud3D, IHistogram, IHistogram1D, IHistogram2D, IHistogram3D, IProfile, IProfile1D, IProfile2D

public interface IBaseHistogram

User level interface to Histogram. Provides the common functionality of the histogram-like classes.

Author:

The AIDA team (http://aida.freehep.org/)

Method Summary

IAnnotation	annotation() Get the IAnnotation associated with the Histogram.
int	dimension() Get the Histogram's dimension.
int	entries() Get the number of in-range entries in the Histogram.
int	nanEntries() Number of entries whose coordinate or weight is NaN.
void	reset() Reset the Histogram; as if just created.
void	setTitle(String title) Set the histogram title.
String	title() Get the Histogram's title.

Method Detail

title

public String title()

Get the Histogram's title.

Returns:

The Histogram's title.

setTitle

public void setTitle(String title)
              throws IllegalArgumentException

Set the histogram title.

Parameters:

title - The title.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If title cannot be changed.

annotation

public IAnnotation annotation()

Get the IAnnotation associated with the Histogram.

Returns:

The IAnnotation.

dimension

public int dimension()

Get the Histogram's dimension.

Returns:

The Histogram's dimension.

reset

public void reset()
           throws RuntimeException

Reset the Histogram; as if just created.

Throws:

RuntimeException - If something goes wrong.

entries

public int entries()

Get the number of in-range entries in the Histogram.

Returns:

The number of in-range entries.

nanEntries

public int nanEntries()

Number of entries whose coordinate or weight is NaN. Such entries are counted as allEntries but don't contribute to the statistics.

Returns:

The number of entries whose value or weight is NaN.