src/core/org/apache/hadoop/metrics2/lib/MetricMutable.java

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package org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.lib;

import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.MetricsRecordBuilder;

/**
 * The mutable metric interface
 */
public abstract class MetricMutable {

  /** name of the metric */
  public final String name;
  /** description of the metric */
  public final String description;

  private volatile boolean changed = true;

  /**
   * Construct a mutable metric
   * @param name  of the metric
   * @param description of the metric
   */
  public MetricMutable(String name, String description) {
    this.name = name;
    this.description = description;
  }

  /**
   * Get a snapshot/snapshot of the metric
   * @param builder the metrics record builder
   * @param all if true, snapshot unchanged metrics as well
   */
  public abstract void snapshot(MetricsRecordBuilder builder, boolean all);

  /**
   * Get a sampe/snapshot of metric if changed
   * @param builder the metrics record builder
   */
  public void snapshot(MetricsRecordBuilder builder) {
    snapshot(builder, false);
  }

  /**
   * Set the changed flag in mutable operations
   */
  protected void setChanged() { changed = true; }

  /**
   * Clear the changed flag in the snapshot operations
   */
  protected void clearChanged() { changed = false; }

  /**
   * @return  true if metric is changed since last snapshot/snapshot
   */
  public boolean changed() { return changed; }

}