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package com.eucalyptus.stats.emitters;
import com.eucalyptus.stats.SystemMetric;
/**
* Created by zhill on 8/8/14.
*/
public interface EventEmitter {
/**
* Makes the event available outside the JVM.
*
* @param event
* @return
*/
public boolean emit(SystemMetric event);
/**
* Returns true if the implementation does any sort of batching.
*
* @return
*/
public boolean doesBatching();
public void check() throws Exception;
}