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using System.Collections.Generic;
using Org.Apache.REEF.Tang.Annotations;
using Org.Apache.REEF.Utilities.Attributes;
namespace Org.Apache.REEF.Common.Telemetry
{
[Unstable("0.16", "This is to build a collection of counters for evaluator metrics.")]
[DefaultImplementation(typeof(Counters))]
public interface ICounters
{
/// <summary>
/// Register a new counter with a specified name.
/// If name does not exist, the counter will be added and true will be returned
/// Otherwise the counter will be not added and false will be returned.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">Name of the counter to be registered.</param>
/// <param name="description">Description of the counter to be registered.</param>
/// <returns>Returns a boolean to indicate if the counter is added.</returns>
bool TryRegisterCounter(string name, string description);
/// <summary>
/// Get counter value for a given counter name
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">Name of the counter</param>
/// <param name="counter">The counter object returned</param>
/// <returns>Returns a boolean to indicate if the value is found.</returns>
bool TryGetValue(string name, out ICounter counter);
/// <summary>
/// Increase the counter with the given number
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">Name of the counter</param>
/// <param name="number">number to increase</param>
void Increment(string name, int number);
/// <summary>
/// Returns all the counters
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
IEnumerable<ICounter> GetCounters();
/// <summary>
/// Serialize the counter into a string
/// </summary>
/// <returns>Returns serialized string of the counters.</returns>
string Serialize();
}
}