func (p *movingAverageProcessor) calculateMovingAverage(m plugin.MetricType, logger *log.Logger) (float64, error) {

	namespace := concatNameSpace(m.Namespace().Strings())
	switch v := m.Data().(type) {
	default:
		logger.Warnln(fmt.Sprintf("Unknown data received: Type %T", v))
		return 0.0, nil
	case int:
		if _, ok := p.movingAverageMap[namespace]; ok {
			counter, err := p.getCounter(namespace)
			counterCurrent := counter % p.movingBufLength
			err = p.addBufferData(counterCurrent, m.Data(), namespace)
			if err != nil {
				return 0.0, err
			}

			sum := int(0)
			//Initial Counter is used to give correct average for initial iterations ie when the buffer is not full
			initialCounter := 0
			for i := 0; i < p.movingBufLength; i++ {
				if p.getBufferData(i, namespace) != nil {
					initialCounter++
					sum += p.getBufferData(i, namespace).(int)
				}
			}
			movingAvg := float64(sum) / float64(initialCounter)
			counterCurrent++
			p.setCounter(namespace, counterCurrent)
			return movingAvg, err

		} else {

			//Since map doesnot have an entry of this namespace, it's creating an entry for the namespace.
			//Also m.data value is inserted into 0th position of the buffer because we know that this buffer is being used for the first time
			p.movingAverageMap[namespace] = newmovingAverage(p.getBufferLength())
			err := p.addBufferData(0, m.Data(), namespace)
			if err != nil {
				return 0.0, err
			}

			sum := p.getBufferData(0, namespace).(int)
			p.setCounter(namespace, 1)
			return float64(sum), nil
		}

	case float64:

		if _, ok := p.movingAverageMap[namespace]; ok {
			counter, err := p.getCounter(namespace)
			counterCurrent := counter % p.movingBufLength
			err = p.addBufferData(counterCurrent, m.Data(), namespace)
			if err != nil {
				return 0.0, err
			}

			sum := float64(0)
			initialCounter := 0
			for i := 0; i < p.movingBufLength; i++ {
				if p.getBufferData(i, namespace) != nil {
					initialCounter++
					sum += p.getBufferData(i, namespace).(float64)
				}
			}
			movingAvg := float64(sum) / float64(initialCounter)
			counterCurrent++
			p.setCounter(namespace, counterCurrent)
			return movingAvg, err

		}
		p.movingAverageMap[namespace] = newmovingAverage(p.getBufferLength())
		err := p.addBufferData(0, m.Data(), namespace)
		if err != nil {
			return 0.0, err
		}

		sum := p.getBufferData(0, namespace).(float64)
		p.setCounter(namespace, 1)
		return float64(sum), nil

	case float32:
		if _, ok := p.movingAverageMap[namespace]; ok {
			counter, err := p.getCounter(namespace)
			counterCurrent := counter % p.movingBufLength
			err = p.addBufferData(counterCurrent, m.Data(), namespace)
			if err != nil {
				return 0.0, err
			}

			sum := float32(0)

			initialCounter := 0
			for i := 0; i < p.movingBufLength; i++ {
				if p.getBufferData(i, namespace) != nil {
					initialCounter++
					sum += p.getBufferData(i, namespace).(float32)
				}
			}
			movingAvg := float64(sum) / float64(initialCounter)
			p.setCounter(namespace, counterCurrent)
			return movingAvg, err

		}
		p.movingAverageMap[namespace] = newmovingAverage(p.getBufferLength())
		err := p.addBufferData(0, m.Data(), namespace)
		if err != nil {
			return 0.0, err
		}

		sum := p.getBufferData(0, namespace).(float32)
		p.setCounter(namespace, 1)
		return float64(sum), nil

	case uint32:
		if _, ok := p.movingAverageMap[namespace]; ok {
			counter, err := p.getCounter(namespace)
			counterCurrent := counter % p.movingBufLength
			err = p.addBufferData(counterCurrent, m.Data(), namespace)
			if err != nil {
				return 0.0, err
			}

			sum := uint32(0)
			initialCounter := 0
			for i := 0; i < p.movingBufLength; i++ {
				if p.getBufferData(i, namespace) != nil {
					initialCounter++
					sum += p.getBufferData(i, namespace).(uint32)
				}
			}
			movingAvg := float64(sum) / float64(initialCounter)
			counterCurrent++
			p.setCounter(namespace, counterCurrent)
			return movingAvg, err

		}
		p.movingAverageMap[namespace] = newmovingAverage(p.getBufferLength())
		err := p.addBufferData(0, m.Data(), namespace)
		if err != nil {
			return 0.0, err
		}
		sum := p.getBufferData(0, namespace).(uint32)
		p.setCounter(namespace, 1)
		return float64(sum), nil

	case uint64:
		if _, ok := p.movingAverageMap[namespace]; ok {
			counter, err := p.getCounter(namespace)
			counterCurrent := counter % p.movingBufLength
			err = p.addBufferData(counterCurrent, m.Data(), namespace)
			if err != nil {
				return 0.0, err
			}

			sum := uint64(0)
			initialCounter := 0
			for i := 0; i < p.movingBufLength; i++ {
				if p.getBufferData(i, namespace) != nil {
					initialCounter++
					sum += p.getBufferData(i, namespace).(uint64)
				}
			}
			movingAvg := float64(sum) / float64(initialCounter)
			counterCurrent++
			p.setCounter(namespace, counterCurrent)
			return movingAvg, err

		}
		p.movingAverageMap[namespace] = newmovingAverage(p.getBufferLength())
		err := p.addBufferData(0, m.Data(), namespace)
		if err != nil {
			return 0.0, err
		}
		sum := p.getBufferData(0, namespace).(uint64)
		p.setCounter(namespace, 1)
		return float64(sum), nil
	}
}