org.honton.chas.dogstatd.model

Interface Message

All Known Implementing Classes:

Counter, Event, Gauge, Histogram, ServiceCheck, Set

public interface Message

A message that can be sent to DogStatD.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	format(CharBuffer buffer) Format the message to be sent.
boolean	validate() Validate the message to be sent.

Method Detail

format

void format(CharBuffer buffer)

Format the message to be sent. In general, message includes type of record, metrics, tags and ends with newline.

Parameters:

buffer - The buffer to hold the formatted message.

validate

boolean validate()

Validate the message to be sent. If the message is invalid, this method should log the incorrect portion and reason for failure. This method may be called from a different thread than the one invoking the Sender.send(Message) method.

Returns:

true, if the message is valid and should be sent.