metric.go

// Copyright 2013 The Prometheus Authors
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//
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package model

import (
	"fmt"
	"sort"
	"strings"
)

var separator = []byte{0}

// A Metric is similar to a LabelSet, but the key difference is that a Metric is
// a singleton and refers to one and only one stream of samples.
type Metric LabelSet

// Equal compares the metrics.
func (m Metric) Equal(o Metric) bool {
	return LabelSet(m).Equal(LabelSet(o))
}

// Before compares the metrics' underlying label sets.
func (m Metric) Before(o Metric) bool {
	return LabelSet(m).Before(LabelSet(o))
}

// Clone returns a copy of the Metric.
func (m Metric) Clone() Metric {
	clone := Metric{}
	for k, v := range m {
		clone[k] = v
	}
	return clone
}

func (m Metric) String() string {
	metricName, hasName := m[MetricNameLabel]
	numLabels := len(m) - 1
	if !hasName {
		numLabels = len(m)
	}
	labelStrings := make([]string, 0, numLabels)
	for label, value := range m {
		if label != MetricNameLabel {
			labelStrings = append(labelStrings, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%q", label, value))
		}
	}

	switch numLabels {
	case 0:
		if hasName {
			return string(metricName)
		}
		return "{}"
	default:
		sort.Strings(labelStrings)
		return fmt.Sprintf("%s{%s}", metricName, strings.Join(labelStrings, ", "))
	}
}

// Fingerprint returns a Metric's Fingerprint.
func (m Metric) Fingerprint() Fingerprint {
	return LabelSet(m).Fingerprint()
}

// FastFingerprint returns a Metric's Fingerprint calculated by a faster hashing
// algorithm, which is, however, more susceptible to hash collisions.
func (m Metric) FastFingerprint() Fingerprint {
	return LabelSet(m).FastFingerprint()
}