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/**
* Copyright 2014 Groupon.com
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/
package com.arpnetworking.metrics;
/**
* Interface for classes which create Metrics instances. Clients
* should create a single instance of an implementing class for the entire
* life of the application. Frameworks such as
* Spring/ and
* Guice may be used to inject the
* MetricsFactory instance into various components within the
* application.
*
* @author Ville Koskela (vkoskela at groupon dot com)
*/
public interface MetricsFactory {
/**
* Return an instance of Metrics.
*
* @return An instance of Metrics.
*/
Metrics create();
}