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 * Copyright (c) 2012, Niclas Hedhman. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *
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package org.qi4j.api.metrics;

/**
 * A meter metric which measures mean throughput and one-, five-, and fifteen-minute
 * exponentially-weighted moving average throughputs.
 *
 * @see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average#Exponential_moving_average">EMA</a>
 */
public interface MetricsMeter extends Metric
{
    void mark();

    /**
     * Mark the occurrence of a given number of events.
     *
     * @param numberOfEvents the number of events
     */
    void mark( int numberOfEvents );
}
