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package com.hazelcast.internal.metrics;

import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

import static com.hazelcast.internal.metrics.ProbeLevel.INFO;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

/**
 * Annotation that can be placed on a field or method of an object to indicate that it should be tracked by the
 * MetricsRegistry when the {@link MetricsRegistry#scanAndRegister(Object, String)} is called.
 *
 * The MetricsRegistry will automatically scan all interfaces and super classes of an object (recursively). So it is possible
 * to define a Probe on e.g. an interface or abstract class.
 *
 * <h1>Prefer field</h1>
 * Prefer placing a Probe to a field above a method if the type is a primitive. The {@link java.lang.reflect.Field}
 * provides access to the actual field without the need for autoboxing. With the {@link java.lang.reflect.Method} a wrapper
 * object is created when a primitive is returned by the method. Therefor fields produce less garbage than methods.
 *
 * A Probe can be placed on field or methods with the following (return) type:
 * <ol>
 * <li>byte</li>
 * <li>short</li>
 * <li>int</li>
 * <li>float</li>
 * <li>long</li>
 * <li>double</li>
 * <li>{@link java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger}</li>
 * <li>{@link java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong}</li>
 * <li>{@link com.hazelcast.internal.util.counters.Counter}</li>
 * <li>{@link Byte}</li>
 * <li>{@link Short}</li>
 * <li>{@link Integer}</li>
 * <li>{@link Float}</li>
 * <li>{@link Double}</li>
 * <li>{@link java.util.Collection}: it will return the size</li>
 * <li>{@link java.util.Map}: it will return the size</li>
 * <li>{@link java.util.concurrent.Semaphore}: it will return the number of available permits</li>
 * </ol>
 *
 * If the field or method points to a null reference, it is interpreted as 0.
 */
@Retention(value = RUNTIME)
@Target({FIELD, METHOD })
public @interface Probe {

    /**
     * The name of the Probe. By default the name of the field or method is used.
     *
     * @return the name of the Probe.
     */
    String name() default "";

    /**
     * Returns the ProbeLevel.
     *
     * Using ProbeLevel one can indicate how 'important' this Probe is. This is useful to reduce memory overhead due
     * to tracking of probes.
     *
     * @return the ProbeLevel.
     */
    ProbeLevel level() default INFO;
}