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package org.springframework.boot.actuate.metrics;
/**
* A service that can be used to submit a named double value for storage and analysis. Any
* statistics or analysis that needs to be carried out is best left for other concerns,
* but ultimately they are under control of the implementation of this service. For
* instance, the value submitted here could be a method execution timing result, and it
* would go to a backend that keeps a histogram of recent values for comparison purposes.
* Or it could be a simple measurement of a sensor value (like a temperature reading) to
* be passed on to a monitoring system in its raw form.
*
* @author Dave Syer
*/
@FunctionalInterface
public interface GaugeService {
/**
* Set the specified gauge value.
* @param metricName the name of the gauge to set
* @param value the value of the gauge
*/
void submit(String metricName, double value);
}