ratis-metrics-api/src/main/java/org/apache/ratis/metrics/MetricRegistryFactory.java

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package org.apache.ratis.metrics;

/**
 * A Factory for creating MetricRegistries. This is the main plugin point for metrics implementation
 */
public interface MetricRegistryFactory {
  /**
   * Create a MetricRegistry from the given MetricRegistryInfo
   * @param info the descriptor for MetricRegistry
   * @return a MetricRegistry implementation
   */
  RatisMetricRegistry create(MetricRegistryInfo info);
}