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package org.apache.derby.impl.sql.execute;

/**
 * <p>
 * This class implements the SQL Standard STDDEV_SAMP() aggregator,
 * computing a sample's standard deviation. It relies on VarSAggregator
 * to compute the sample's variance and then applies the textbook
 * definition of standard deviation:
 * </p>
 *
 * <blockquote><pre><b>
 * &radic;<span style="text-decoration:overline">var_samp()</span>
 * </b></pre></blockquote>
 */
public class StdDevSAggregator<V extends Number> extends VarSAggregator<V> {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = -265838381117407283L;

	@Override
	public Double terminate() {
		Double var = computeVar();
		return var == null?null:Math.sqrt(var);
	}
}
