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package org.apache.storm.metric.api;

/**
 * Produces metrics.
 */
public interface IMetric {
    /**
     * Get value and reset.
     * @return an object that will be sent sent to {@link IMetricsConsumer#handleDataPoints(org.apache.storm.metric.api.IMetricsConsumer
     * .TaskInfo,
     *     java.util.Collection)}. If null is returned nothing will be sent. If this value can be reset, like with a counter, a side effect
     *     of calling this should be that the value is reset.
     */
    Object getValueAndReset();
}