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 * Copyright 2014 Open Networking Laboratory
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package org.onosproject.core;

import org.onlab.metrics.MetricsComponent;
import org.onlab.metrics.MetricsFeature;
import org.onlab.metrics.MetricsService;

import com.codahale.metrics.Timer;

/**
 * Collection of utility methods used for providing Metrics.
 */
public interface MetricsHelper {

    /**
     * Returns MetricService instance.
     *
     * @return MetricService instance
     */
    abstract MetricsService metricsService();


    /**
     * Creates a Timer instance with given name.
     *
     * @param component component name
     * @param feature   feature name
     * @param name      timer name
     * @return          Timer instance
     */
    default Timer createTimer(String component, String feature, String name) {
        final MetricsService metricsService = metricsService();
        if (metricsService != null) {
            MetricsComponent c = metricsService.registerComponent(component);
            MetricsFeature f = c.registerFeature(feature);
            return metricsService.createTimer(c, f, name);
        }
        return null;
    }

}