--- "Mark R. Diggory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm curious about AbstractDescriptiveStatistics, currently our Type
> Hierarchy looks like this:
>
> Object
> --> DescriptiveStatistics (implements Statistical Summary)
> --> AbstractDescriptiveStatistics
> --> DescriptiveStatisticsImpl
>
> --> ListUnivariateImpl
> --> BeanListUnivariateImpl
>
>
> Why don't we consolidate AbstractDescriptiveStatistics into
> DescriptiveStatistics? Then we will have
On the basis of the above diagram (I haven't looked at the code), it does seem
strange that AbstractDescriptiveStatistics is a descendant of
DescriptiveStatistics (unless the latter is an interface?).
> Object
> --> DescriptiveStatistics (implements StatisticalSummary)
> --> DescriptiveStatisticsImpl
>
> --> ListUnivariateImpl
> --> BeanListUnivaraiteImpl
>
> Which is much more similar to the SummaryStatistics Hierarchy
>
> Object
> --> SummaryStatistics (implements StatisticalSummary)
> --> SummaryStatisticsImpl
>
> Likewise, for consistency, we should probibly rename ListUnivariateImpl
> and BeanListUnivariateImpl to ListDescriptiveStatisticsImpl and
> BeanDescriptiveStatisticsImpl
>
> If no one has objections, I can make the changes.
+0, depending on whether multivariates are in our near future (on which I
currently have no opinion).
Al
=====
Albert Davidson Chou
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