Enum Class MetricType

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<MetricType>

io.prometheus.metrics.model.registry.MetricType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<MetricType>, Constable

public enum MetricType
extends Enum<MetricType>

Represents the type of Prometheus metric.

This enum is used for registration-time validation to ensure that metrics with the same name have consistent types across all registered collectors.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class Enum

Enum.EnumDesc<E>

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
COUNTER
GAUGE
HISTOGRAM
INFO
STATESET
SUMMARY
UNKNOWN	Unknown metric type, used as a fallback.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
private	MetricType()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static MetricType	valueOf(String name)	Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name.
static MetricType[]	values()	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class Enum

clone, compareTo, describeConstable, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Details

COUNTER

public static final MetricType COUNTER

GAUGE

public static final MetricType GAUGE

HISTOGRAM

public static final MetricType HISTOGRAM

SUMMARY

public static final MetricType SUMMARY

INFO

public static final MetricType INFO

STATESET

public static final MetricType STATESET

UNKNOWN

public static final MetricType UNKNOWN

Unknown metric type, used as a fallback.

Constructor Details

MetricType

private MetricType()

Method Details

values

public static MetricType[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static MetricType valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this class. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum class has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null