/*- * ============LICENSE_START======================================================= * openECOMP : APP-C * ================================================================================ * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. 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. * ============LICENSE_END========================================================= */ package org.openecomp.appc.metricservice.metric; /** * * a measure of system parameter at the current moment. Each metric is identified by name. * In general case, a metric just reflects its (almost) real-time value and is not responsible for maintaining its historical data. * One that needs to build series of a metric values for statistical/analytic purposes should query the value and store it for further processing. * Metrics can be of different types - counters, timers etc. * The initial service implementation supports simple (flat) counters only. * */ public interface Metric { String name(); void reset(); MetricType type(); }