Class Meter

• Defined in File meter.h

Inheritance Relationships

Derived Types

• public opentelemetry::metrics::NoopMeter (Class NoopMeter)

• public opentelemetry::sdk::metrics::Meter (Class Meter)

Class Documentation

class Meter

Handles instrument creation and provides a facility for batch recording.

This class provides methods to create new metric instruments, record a batch of values to a specified set of instruments, and collect measurements from all instruments.

Subclassed by opentelemetry::metrics::NoopMeter, opentelemetry::sdk::metrics::Meter

Public Functions

virtual ~Meter() = default

virtual nostd::unique_ptr<Counter<uint64_t>> CreateUInt64Counter(nostd::string_view name, nostd::string_view description = "", nostd::string_view unit = "") noexcept = 0

Creates a Counter with the passed characteristics and returns a unique_ptr to that Counter.

Parameters:

• name – the name of the new Counter.

• description – a brief description of what the Counter is used for.

• unit – the unit of metric values following https://unitsofmeasure.org/ucum.html.

Returns:

a shared pointer to the created Counter.

virtual nostd::unique_ptr<Counter<double>> CreateDoubleCounter(nostd::string_view name, nostd::string_view description = "", nostd::string_view unit = "") noexcept = 0

virtual nostd::shared_ptr<ObservableInstrument> CreateInt64ObservableCounter(nostd::string_view name, nostd::string_view description = "", nostd::string_view unit = "") noexcept = 0

Creates a Asynchronous (Observable) counter with the passed characteristics and returns a shared_ptr to that Observable Counter

Parameters:

• name – the name of the new Observable Counter.

• description – a brief description of what the Observable Counter is used for.

• unit – the unit of metric values following https://unitsofmeasure.org/ucum.html.

virtual nostd::shared_ptr<ObservableInstrument> CreateDoubleObservableCounter(nostd::string_view name, nostd::string_view description = "", nostd::string_view unit = "") noexcept = 0

virtual nostd::unique_ptr<Histogram<uint64_t>> CreateUInt64Histogram(nostd::string_view name, nostd::string_view description = "", nostd::string_view unit = "") noexcept = 0

Creates a Histogram with the passed characteristics and returns a unique_ptr to that Histogram.

Parameters:

• name – the name of the new Histogram.

• description – a brief description of what the Histogram is used for.

• unit – the unit of metric values following https://unitsofmeasure.org/ucum.html.

Returns:

a shared pointer to the created Histogram.

virtual nostd::unique_ptr<Histogram<double>> CreateDoubleHistogram(nostd::string_view name, nostd::string_view description = "", nostd::string_view unit = "") noexcept = 0

virtual nostd::shared_ptr<ObservableInstrument> CreateInt64ObservableGauge(nostd::string_view name, nostd::string_view description = "", nostd::string_view unit = "") noexcept = 0

Creates a Asynchronous (Observable) Gauge with the passed characteristics and returns a shared_ptr to that Observable Gauge

Parameters:

• name – the name of the new Observable Gauge.

• description – a brief description of what the Observable Gauge is used for.

• unit – the unit of metric values following https://unitsofmeasure.org/ucum.html.

virtual nostd::shared_ptr<ObservableInstrument> CreateDoubleObservableGauge(nostd::string_view name, nostd::string_view description = "", nostd::string_view unit = "") noexcept = 0

virtual nostd::unique_ptr<UpDownCounter<int64_t>> CreateInt64UpDownCounter(nostd::string_view name, nostd::string_view description = "", nostd::string_view unit = "") noexcept = 0

Creates an UpDownCounter with the passed characteristics and returns a unique_ptr to that UpDownCounter.

Parameters:

• name – the name of the new UpDownCounter.

• description – a brief description of what the UpDownCounter is used for.

• unit – the unit of metric values following https://unitsofmeasure.org/ucum.html.

Returns:

a shared pointer to the created UpDownCounter.

virtual nostd::unique_ptr<UpDownCounter<double>> CreateDoubleUpDownCounter(nostd::string_view name, nostd::string_view description = "", nostd::string_view unit = "") noexcept = 0

virtual nostd::shared_ptr<ObservableInstrument> CreateInt64ObservableUpDownCounter(nostd::string_view name, nostd::string_view description = "", nostd::string_view unit = "") noexcept = 0

Creates a Asynchronous (Observable) UpDownCounter with the passed characteristics and returns a shared_ptr to that Observable UpDownCounter

Parameters:

• name – the name of the new Observable UpDownCounter.

• description – a brief description of what the Observable UpDownCounter is used for.

• unit – the unit of metric values following https://unitsofmeasure.org/ucum.html.

virtual nostd::shared_ptr<ObservableInstrument> CreateDoubleObservableUpDownCounter(nostd::string_view name, nostd::string_view description = "", nostd::string_view unit = "") noexcept = 0