branch-2.0.4-alpha/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/metrics2/MetricsSystem.java

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package org.apache.hadoop.metrics2;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;

/**
 * The metrics system interface
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Public
@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public abstract class MetricsSystem implements MetricsSystemMXBean {

  @InterfaceAudience.Private
  public abstract MetricsSystem init(String prefix);

  /**
   * Register a metrics source
   * @param <T>   the actual type of the source object
   * @param source object to register
   * @param name  of the source. Must be unique or null (then extracted from
   *              the annotations of the source object.)
   * @param desc  the description of the source (or null. See above.)
   * @return the source object
   * @exception MetricsException
   */
  public abstract <T> T register(String name, String desc, T source);

  /**
   * Register a metrics source (deriving name and description from the object)
   * @param <T>   the actual type of the source object
   * @param source  object to register
   * @return  the source object
   * @exception MetricsException
   */
  public <T> T register(T source) {
    return register(null, null, source);
  }

  /**
   * @param name  of the metrics source
   * @return the metrics source (potentially wrapped) object
   */
  @InterfaceAudience.Private
  public abstract MetricsSource getSource(String name);

  /**
   * Register a metrics sink
   * @param <T>   the type of the sink
   * @param sink  to register
   * @param name  of the sink. Must be unique.
   * @param desc  the description of the sink
   * @return the sink
   * @exception MetricsException
   */
  public abstract <T extends MetricsSink>
  T register(String name, String desc, T sink);

  /**
   * Register a callback interface for JMX events
   * @param callback  the callback object implementing the MBean interface.
   */
  public abstract void register(Callback callback);

  /**
   * Requests an immediate publish of all metrics from sources to sinks.
   * 
   * This is a "soft" request: the expectation is that a best effort will be
   * done to synchronously snapshot the metrics from all the sources and put
   * them in all the sinks (including flushing the sinks) before returning to
   * the caller. If this can't be accomplished in reasonable time it's OK to
   * return to the caller before everything is done. 
   */
  public abstract void publishMetricsNow();

  /**
   * Shutdown the metrics system completely (usually during server shutdown.)
   * The MetricsSystemMXBean will be unregistered.
   * @return true if shutdown completed
   */
  public abstract boolean shutdown();

  /**
   * The metrics system callback interface (needed for proxies.)
   */
  public interface Callback {
    /**
     * Called before start()
     */
    void preStart();

    /**
     * Called after start()
     */
    void postStart();

    /**
     * Called before stop()
     */
    void preStop();

    /**
     * Called after stop()
     */
    void postStop();
  }

  /**
   * Convenient abstract class for implementing callback interface
   */
  public static abstract class AbstractCallback implements Callback {
    @Override public void preStart() {}
    @Override public void postStart() {}
    @Override public void preStop() {}
    @Override public void postStop() {}
  }
}