traefik/vendor/github.com/go-kit/kit/metrics/doc.go
2017-03-09 13:13:02 +01:00

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// Package metrics provides a framework for application instrumentation. All
// metrics are safe for concurrent use. Considerable design influence has been
// taken from https://github.com/codahale/metrics and https://prometheus.io.
//
// This package contains the common interfaces. Your code should take these
// interfaces as parameters. Implementations are provided for different
// instrumentation systems in the various subdirectories.
//
// Usage
//
// Metrics are dependencies and should be passed to the components that need
// them in the same way you'd construct and pass a database handle, or reference
// to another component. So, create metrics in your func main, using whichever
// concrete implementation is appropriate for your organization.
//
// latency := prometheus.NewSummaryFrom(stdprometheus.SummaryOpts{
// Namespace: "myteam",
// Subsystem: "foosvc",
// Name: "request_latency_seconds",
// Help: "Incoming request latency in seconds."
// }, []string{"method", "status_code"})
//
// Write your components to take the metrics they will use as parameters to
// their constructors. Use the interface types, not the concrete types. That is,
//
// // NewAPI takes metrics.Histogram, not *prometheus.Summary
// func NewAPI(s Store, logger log.Logger, latency metrics.Histogram) *API {
// // ...
// }
//
// func (a *API) ServeFoo(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
// begin := time.Now()
// // ...
// a.latency.Observe(time.Since(begin).Seconds())
// }
//
// Finally, pass the metrics as dependencies when building your object graph.
// This should happen in func main, not in the global scope.
//
// api := NewAPI(store, logger, latency)
// http.ListenAndServe("/", api)
//
// Implementation details
//
// Each telemetry system has different semantics for label values, push vs.
// pull, support for histograms, etc. These properties influence the design of
// their respective packages. This table attempts to summarize the key points of
// distinction.
//
// SYSTEM DIM COUNTERS GAUGES HISTOGRAMS
// dogstatsd n batch, push-aggregate batch, push-aggregate native, batch, push-each
// statsd 1 batch, push-aggregate batch, push-aggregate native, batch, push-each
// graphite 1 batch, push-aggregate batch, push-aggregate synthetic, batch, push-aggregate
// expvar 1 atomic atomic synthetic, batch, in-place expose
// influx n custom custom custom
// prometheus n native native native
// circonus 1 native native native
// pcp 1 native native native
//
package metrics