IGangliaMetricsReporter.java

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package com.bigdata.ganglia;

/**
 * Interface for reporting metrics to a local ganglia service.
 */
public interface IGangliaMetricsReporter {

	/**
	 * Set the value of a metric.
	 * 
	 * @param metricName
	 *            The metric name (munged such that it is directly usable with
	 *            ganglia).
	 * @param value
	 *            The current value (may not be null).
	 */
	void setMetric(String metricName, Object value);

}