| /* |
| * Copyright (c) 2012, Niclas Hedhman. All Rights Reserved. |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| */ |
| |
| package org.apache.zest.api.metrics; |
| |
| import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit; |
| |
| /** |
| * Create MetricsMeter instances. |
| */ |
| public interface MetricsMeterFactory extends MetricsFactory |
| { |
| /** |
| * Create a MetricsMeter instance. |
| * If the same arguments are given twice, the same instance must be returned. |
| * |
| * @param origin The class that instantiate the metric |
| * @param name A human readable, short name of the metric. |
| * @param eventType the plural name of the event the meter is measuring (e.g., {@code "requests"}) |
| * @param rate the scale unit for this timer's rate metrics |
| * |
| * @return A Metric instance to be used, OR org.qi4j.spi.metrics.DefaultMetric.NULL if not supported. |
| */ |
| MetricsMeter createMeter( Class<?> origin, String name, String eventType, TimeUnit rate ); |
| } |