1 /*
2 * Copyright (C) 2012 Alberto Irurueta Carro (alberto@irurueta.com)
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package com.irurueta.sorting;
17
18 /**
19 * Interface for objects that can be compared and averaged with other objects.
20 *
21 * @param <T> Type to be compared and averaged
22 */
23 public interface ComparableAndAverageable<T> extends Comparable<T> {
24
25 /**
26 * Averages current instance with another instance. (i.e. if both objects
27 * where Doubles, then the result would be equal to 0.5 * (obj1 + obj2)).
28 *
29 * @param other Other instance to be averaged with.
30 * @return An instance representing the average of both instances.
31 */
32 T averageWith(final T other);
33 }