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package org.apache.dubbo.metrics.collector;

import org.apache.dubbo.common.extension.SPI;
import org.apache.dubbo.metrics.event.TimeCounterEvent;
import org.apache.dubbo.metrics.listener.MetricsLifeListener;
import org.apache.dubbo.metrics.model.sample.MetricSample;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Metrics Collector.
 * An interface of collector to collect framework internal metrics.
 */
@SPI
public interface MetricsCollector<E extends TimeCounterEvent> extends MetricsLifeListener<E> {

    default boolean isCollectEnabled() {
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Collect metrics as {@link MetricSample}
     *
     * @return List of MetricSample
     */
    List<MetricSample> collect();

}
