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6 "Metrics::Any::AdapterBase::Stored" - a base class for metrics adapters
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10 This base class assists in creating Metrics::Any::Adapter classes which
11 store values of reported metrics directly. These can then be retrieved
12 later by the containing application, or the subclass code, by using the
13 "walk" method.
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15 This base class internally stores counter and gauge metrics as single
16 scalar values directly. In order to provide flexibility for a variety
17 of use-cases, it requires assistance from the implementing class on how
18 to store distribution and timer metrics. The implementing class should
19 provide these methods, returning whatever values it wishes to implement
20 them with. These values are stored by the base class, and handed back
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23 The base class stores a value for each unique set of labels and values
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36 "counter", "distribution", "gauge" or "timer"), $name gives the name it
37 was registered with, $labels will be a reference to an even-sized array
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40 For counter and gauge metrics, $value will be a numerical scalar giving
41 the current value. For distribution and timer metrics, $value will be
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48 Clears all of the metric storage. Every labelset of every metric is
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54 $storage = $stored->store_distribution( $storage, $amount )
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