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+/*\r
+\r
+ Derby - Class org.apache.derby.iapi.sql.compile.CostEstimate\r
+\r
+ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more\r
+ contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with\r
+ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.\r
+ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0\r
+ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with\r
+ the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at\r
+\r
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0\r
+\r
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software\r
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,\r
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.\r
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and\r
+ limitations under the License.\r
+\r
+ */\r
+\r
+package org.apache.derby.iapi.sql.compile;\r
+\r
+import org.apache.derby.iapi.store.access.StoreCostResult;\r
+\r
+/**\r
+ * A CostEstimate represents the cost of getting a ResultSet, along with the\r
+ * ordering of rows in the ResultSet, and the estimated number of rows in\r
+ * this ResultSet.\r
+ *\r
+ */\r
+\r
+public interface CostEstimate extends StoreCostResult\r
+{\r
+ /**\r
+ * Set the cost for this cost estimate.\r
+ */\r
+ void setCost(double cost, double rowCount, double singleScanRowCount);\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Copy the values from the given cost estimate into this one.\r
+ */\r
+ void setCost(CostEstimate other);\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Set the single scan row count.\r
+ */\r
+ void setSingleScanRowCount(double singleRowScanCount);\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Compare this cost estimate with the given cost estimate.\r
+ *\r
+ * @param other The cost estimate to compare this one with\r
+ *\r
+ * @return < 0 if this < other, 0 if this == other, > 0 if this > other\r
+ */\r
+ double compare(CostEstimate other);\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Add this cost estimate to another one. This presumes that any row\r
+ * ordering is destroyed.\r
+ *\r
+ * @param addend This cost estimate to add this one to.\r
+ * @param retval If non-null, put the result here.\r
+ * \r
+ * @return this + other.\r
+ */\r
+ CostEstimate add(CostEstimate addend, CostEstimate retval);\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Multiply this cost estimate by a scalar, non-dimensional number. This\r
+ * presumes that any row ordering is destroyed.\r
+ *\r
+ * @param multiplicand The value to multiply this CostEstimate by.\r
+ * @param retval If non-null, put the result here.\r
+ * \r
+ * @return this * multiplicand\r
+ */\r
+ CostEstimate multiply(double multiplicand, CostEstimate retval);\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Divide this cost estimate by a scalar, non-dimensional number.\r
+ *\r
+ * @param divisor The value to divide this CostEstimate by.\r
+ * @param retval If non-null, put the result here.\r
+ *\r
+ * @return this / divisor\r
+ */\r
+ CostEstimate divide(double divisor, CostEstimate retval);\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Get the estimated number of rows returned by the ResultSet that this\r
+ * CostEstimate models.\r
+ */\r
+ double rowCount();\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Get the estimated number of rows returned by a single scan of\r
+ * the ResultSet that this CostEstimate models.\r
+ */\r
+ double singleScanRowCount();\r
+\r
+ /** Get a copy of this CostEstimate */\r
+ CostEstimate cloneMe();\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Return whether or not this CostEstimate is uninitialized.\r
+ *\r
+ * @return Whether or not this CostEstimate is uninitialized.\r
+ */\r
+ public boolean isUninitialized();\r
+}\r