org.altlinux.jabbix
Interface MetricAgent

All Known Implementing Classes:

JabbixMetricAgent, RandomNumberMetric

public interface MetricAgent

A metric agent provides the method to read current value of a metric.

Author:

Paul Wolneykien

Method Summary

JabbixMetric<?>

getMetric(String key) Returns a JabbixMetric object containing the current value of a metric with the specified key.

Method Detail

getMetric

JabbixMetric<?> getMetric(String key)
                          throws JabbixException,
                                 NoSuchMetricException

Returns a JabbixMetric object containing the current value of a metric with the specified key.

Parameters:

key - metric key, the name of a metric

Returns:

JabbixMetric object containing the current value of a metric

Throws:

NoSuchMetricException - if no metric with the specified key is found

JabbixException - in any other error case