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package alluxio.metrics.source;
import com.codahale.metrics.MetricRegistry;
/**
* Source is where the metrics generated. It uses a {@link MetricRegistry} to register the metrics
* for monitoring.
*/
public interface Source {
/**
* Gets the name of the Source.
*
* @return the name of the Source
*/
String getName();
/**
* Gets the instance of the {@link MetricRegistry}. A MetricRegistry is used to register the
* metrics, and is passed to a Sink so that the sink knows which metrics to report.
*
* @return the instance of the MetricRegistry
*/
MetricRegistry getMetricRegistry();
}