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Monitorable, a GAT abstraction tagging an instance as being able to be monitored, has a function
called GetMetrics. This is the starting point for most monitoring. Upon calling this function the caller
is returned a List of Metric instances. You say: ``So, what is a Metric?'' A Metric is an abstraction which
represents a measurable quantity within the monitoring system. So, a call to the function GetMetrics
on a Monitorable is a means for the caller to obtain from the Monitorable a description of the various
quantities which it allows to be monitored. If only it were this easy for Lance.
Andre Merzky
2004-05-13
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