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      1 /*
      2  * Copyright 2018, OpenCensus Authors
      3  *
      4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
      5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
      6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
      7  *
      8  *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
      9  *
     10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
     11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
     12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
     13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     14  * limitations under the License.
     15  */
     16 
     17 package io.opencensus.metrics.export;
     18 
     19 import io.opencensus.common.ExperimentalApi;
     20 import java.util.Collection;
     21 
     22 /**
     23  * A {@link Metric} producer that can be registered for exporting using {@link
     24  * MetricProducerManager}.
     25  *
     26  * <p>All implementation MUST be thread-safe.
     27  *
     28  * @since 0.17
     29  */
     30 @ExperimentalApi
     31 public abstract class MetricProducer {
     32 
     33   /**
     34    * Returns a collection of produced {@link Metric}s to be exported.
     35    *
     36    * @return a collection of produced {@link Metric}s to be exported.
     37    * @since 0.17
     38    */
     39   public abstract Collection<Metric> getMetrics();
     40 }
     41