TagParser.java

package org.kairosdb.plugin.carbon;

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public interface TagParser
{
	/**
	 Parse the incoming metric name and return a DataPointSet to represent the
	 data.  The DataPointSet needs to contain the metric name and at least
	 one tag.  If a null is returned the metric is not submitted to the datastore
	 @return CarbonMetric containing metric name and at least one tag or null.
	 */
	public CarbonMetric parseMetricName(String metricName);
}