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package org.springframework.boot.actuate.metrics.writer;
import java.util.Collection;
import org.springframework.boot.actuate.metrics.Metric;
/**
* A writer for metrics that allows efficient storage of groups of metrics with a common
* name prefix (their group name).
*
* @author Dave Syer
* @since 1.1.0
*/
public interface PrefixMetricWriter {
/**
* Save some metric values and associate them with a group name.
* @param group the name of the group
* @param values the metric values to save
*/
void set(String group, Collection<Metric<?>> values);
/**
* Increment the value of a metric (or decrement if the delta is negative). The name
* of the metric to increment is {@code group + "." + delta.name}.
* @param group the name of the group
* @param delta the amount to increment by
*/
void increment(String group, Delta<?> delta);
/**
* Rest the values of all metrics in the group. Implementations may choose to discard
* the old values.
* @param group reset the whole group
*/
void reset(String group);
}