intermediate/DefiniteNumericCollection

01 packagepackage is used to name the directory or folder a class is in intermediate;
02 
03 publicpublic is used to indicate unrestricted access (any other class can have access) interfaceinterface is a named collection of declared methods DefiniteNumericCollection
04 {open braces start code blocks and must be matched with a close brace
05   /**
06    * adds a number to the collection ifif executes the next statement only if the condition in parenthesis evaluates to true it has a definite value.
07    * If the number does not have a definite value (e.g. NaN,
08    * POSITIVE_INFINITY, or NEGATIVE_INFINITY), thisthis means the current object (the implicit parameter) method should
09    * returnreturn means to provide the result of the method and/or cease execution of the method immediately without adding the number.
10    * @paramthis is the Javadoc tag for documenting the purpose of parameters number the numeric value to add
11    */
12   publicpublic is used to indicate unrestricted access (any other class can have access) voidvoid means the method does not return a value add(Number number);
13 
14   /**
15    * removes a number from the collection.
16    * If the number does not exist in the collection, 
17    * no exception is thrown and the method call is 
18    * just ignored.
19    * @paramthis is the Javadoc tag for documenting the purpose of parameters number the number vaule to be removed
20    */
21   publicpublic is used to indicate unrestricted access (any other class can have access) voidvoid means the method does not return a value remove(Number number);
22 
23   /**
24    * gets the minimum value in the collection.
25    * This method should returnreturn means to provide the result of the method and/or cease execution of the method immediately Double.NaN when
26    * there are no items in the collection.
27    * @returnnull the least value in the collection
28    * or Double.NaN ifif executes the next statement only if the condition in parenthesis evaluates to true there are no items.
29    */
30   publicpublic is used to indicate unrestricted access (any other class can have access) Number getMin();
31 
32   /**
33    * gets the maximum value in the collection.
34    * This method should returnreturn means to provide the result of the method and/or cease execution of the method immediately Double.NaN when
35    * there are no items in the collection.
36    * @returnnull the greatest value in the collection
37    * or Double.NaN ifif executes the next statement only if the condition in parenthesis evaluates to true there are no items.
38    */
39   publicpublic is used to indicate unrestricted access (any other class can have access) Number getMax();
40 
41   /**
42    * gets the median value in the collection.
43    * The median value is the number where there
44    * are an equal count of elements less than and
45    * greater than the given number.  If there are
46    * If there is an even count, there will be two
47    * medians.  In thisthis means the current object (the implicit parameter) casecase is used with switch for multiple alternatives (like if/else if...) the method returns the
48    * average of the two medians.
49    * This method should returnreturn means to provide the result of the method and/or cease execution of the method immediately Double.NaN when
50    * there are no items in the collection.
51    * @returnnull the greatest value in the collection
52    * or Double.NaN ifif executes the next statement only if the condition in parenthesis evaluates to true there are no items.
53    */
54   publicpublic is used to indicate unrestricted access (any other class can have access) Number getMedian();
55   /**
56    * gets the average value in the collection.
57    * This method should returnreturn means to provide the result of the method and/or cease execution of the method immediately Double.NaN when
58    * there are no items in the collection.
59    * @returnnull the greatest value in the collection
60    * or Double.NaN ifif executes the next statement only if the condition in parenthesis evaluates to true there are no items.
61    */
62   publicpublic is used to indicate unrestricted access (any other class can have access) Number getAverage();
63   /**
64    * removes all numbers from the collection.
65    */
66   publicpublic is used to indicate unrestricted access (any other class can have access) voidvoid means the method does not return a value clear();
67 }close braces end code blocks and must match an earlier open brace