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*/
/*
 * Created on Mar 26, 2008
 */

package com.bigdata.counters;

/**
 * Various namespaces for per-host and per-process counters.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:thompsonbry@users.sourceforge.net">Bryan Thompson</a>
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface ICounterHierarchy {

    /**
     * The path separator string.
     * 
     * @see ICounterSet#pathSeparator
     */
    String ps = ICounterSet.pathSeparator;
    
    /**
     * The namespace for counters describing the host platform. These are
     * essentially "unchanging" counters.
     */
    String Info = "Info";
    
    /**
     * The namespace for counters dealing with processor(s) (CPU).
     */
    String CPU = "CPU";
    
    /**
     * The namespace for counters dealing with memory (RAM).
     */
    String Memory = "Memory";
    
    /**
     * The namespace for counters dealing with garbage collection (GC is per-JVM
     * and is therefore reported for each service, so this namespace is relative
     * to the counter set for the service).
     */
    String Memory_GarbageCollectors = Memory + ps + "Garbage Collectors";

    /**
     * The namespace for counters identifying the different memory pools
     * associated with the JVM.
     */
    String Memory_Memory_Pools = Memory + ps + "Memory Pools";

    /**
     * The namespace for counters dealing with logical aggregations of disk.
     */
    String LogicalDisk = "LogicalDisk";

    /**
     * The namespace for counters dealing with physical disks.
     */
    String PhysicalDisk = "PhysicalDisk";

}