src/core/org/apache/hadoop/metrics2/MetricsRecord.java

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package org.apache.hadoop.metrics2;

/**
 * An immutable snapshot of metrics with a timestamp
 */
public interface MetricsRecord {
  /**
   * Get the timestamp of the metrics
   * @return  the timestamp
   */
  long timestamp();

  /**
   * Get the record name of the metrics
   * @return  the record name
   */
  String name();

  /**
   * Get the context name of the metrics
   * @return  the context name
   */
  String context();

  /**
   * Get the tags of the record
   * @return  the tags
   */
  Iterable<MetricsTag> tags();

  /**
   * Get the metrics of the record
   * @return  the metrics
   */
  Iterable<Metric> metrics();

}