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package org.apache.hadoop.metrics.util;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.metrics.MetricsRecord;

/**
 * 
 * This is base class for all metrics
 *
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Private
public abstract class MetricsBase {
  public static final String NO_DESCRIPTION = "NoDescription";
  final private String name;
  final private String description;
  
  protected MetricsBase(final String nam) {
    name = nam;
    description = NO_DESCRIPTION;
  }
  
  protected MetricsBase(final String nam, final String desc) {
    name = nam;
    description = desc;
  }
  
  public abstract void pushMetric(final MetricsRecord mr);
  
  public String getName() { return name; }
  public String getDescription() { return description; };

}