Github user tillrohrmann commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/2112#discussion_r67866450
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flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/metrics/HistogramStatistics.java ---
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+
+package org.apache.flink.metrics;
+
+import org.apache.flink.annotation.PublicEvolving;
+
+/**
+ * Histogram statistics represent the current snapshot of elements
recorded in the histogram.
+ *
+ * The histogram statistics allow to calculate values for quantiles, the
mean, the standard
+ * deviation, the minimum and the maximum.
+ */
+@PublicEvolving
+public abstract class HistogramStatistics {
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the value for the given quantile based on the represented
histogram statistics.
+ *
+ * @param quantile Quantile to calculate the value for
+ * @return Value for the given quantile
+ */
+ public abstract double getValue(double quantile);
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I think both names work. I would keep it like that, because it would be
consistent with the Dropwizard naming.
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