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package org.onosproject.influxdbmetrics;

/**
 * A Metric reporter interface for reporting all metrics to influxDB server.
 */
public interface InfluxDbMetricsReporter {

    /**
     * Starts to report metrics to InfluxDB server.
     */
    void startReport();

    /**
     * Stops reporting metrics.
     */
    void stopReport();

    /**
     * Restarts metrics reporter.
     */
    void restartReport();

    /**
     * Configures default parameters for influx database metrics reporter.
     *
     * @param address   IP address of influxDB server
     * @param port      Port number of influxDB server
     * @param database  Database name of influxDB server
     * @param username  Username of influxDB server
     * @param password  Password of influxDB server
     */
    void config(String address, int port, String database, String username, String password);
}