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*/
package com.bigdata.rdf.sail.webapp.lbs;

/**
 * Generic interface exposes an abstract model of the performance metrics
 * for a given host.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:thompsonbry@users.sourceforge.net">Bryan Thompson</a>
 */
public interface IHostMetrics {

//    /**
//     * Return a textual representation of the named metric.
//     * 
//     * @param name
//     *            The metric.
//     *            
//     * @return The textual representation of that metric -or- <code>null</code>
//     *         if there is no such metric available.
//     */
//    String getText(String name);

    /**
     * Return a numeric representation of the named metric.
     * 
     * @param name
     *            The metric.
     * 
     * @return The numeric representation of that metric -or- <code>null</code>
     *         if there is no such metric available.
     * 
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *             if the <code>name</code> is <code>null</code>.
     */
    Number getNumeric(String name);

    /**
     * Return a numeric representation of the named metric.
     * 
     * @param name
     *            The metric.
     * @param defaultValue
     *            The default value.
     * 
     * @return The numeric representation of that metric -or- the
     *         <code>defaultValue</code> if there is no such metric available.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *             if the <code>name</code> is <code>null</code>.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *             if the <code>defaultValue</code> is <code>null</code>.
     */
    <T extends Number> T getNumeric(String name, T defaultValue);

    /**
     * Return the names of all known metrics.
     */
    String[] getMetricNames();

}