descriptor.go 2.0 KB
// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
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package metric

import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/api/unit"

// Descriptor contains all the settings that describe an instrument,
// including its name, metric kind, number kind, and the configurable
// options.
type Descriptor struct {
	name       string
	kind       Kind
	numberKind NumberKind
	config     Config
}

// NewDescriptor returns a Descriptor with the given contents.
func NewDescriptor(name string, mkind Kind, nkind NumberKind, opts ...Option) Descriptor {
	return Descriptor{
		name:       name,
		kind:       mkind,
		numberKind: nkind,
		config:     Configure(opts),
	}
}

// Name returns the metric instrument's name.
func (d Descriptor) Name() string {
	return d.name
}

// MetricKind returns the specific kind of instrument.
func (d Descriptor) MetricKind() Kind {
	return d.kind
}

// Description provides a human-readable description of the metric
// instrument.
func (d Descriptor) Description() string {
	return d.config.Description
}

// Unit describes the units of the metric instrument.  Unitless
// metrics return the empty string.
func (d Descriptor) Unit() unit.Unit {
	return d.config.Unit
}

// NumberKind returns whether this instrument is declared over int64,
// float64, or uint64 values.
func (d Descriptor) NumberKind() NumberKind {
	return d.numberKind
}

// LibraryName returns the metric instrument's library name, typically
// given via a call to Provider.Meter().
func (d Descriptor) LibraryName() string {
	return d.config.LibraryName
}