MetricAgent (Jabbix library)

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

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`JabbixMetric<?>`	`getMetric(java.lang.String key)`	Returns a `JabbixMetric` object containing the current value of a metric with the specified key.

- Method Detail
  - getMetric
```
JabbixMetric<?> getMetric(java.lang.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