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+/*
+ * =========================================================================================
+ * Copyright © 2013-2015 the kamon project <http://kamon.io/>
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the
+ * License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND,
+ * either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions
+ * and limitations under the License.
+ * =========================================================================================
+ */
+
+package kamon.annotation;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.*;
+
+/**
+ * A marker annotation to define a method as a Histogram.
+ * <p>
+ * <p>
+ * Given a method like this:
+ * <pre><code>
+ * {@literal @}0Histogram(name = "coolName", tags="${'my-cool-tag':'my-cool-value'}")
+ * public (Long|Double|Float|Integer) coolName() {
+ * return someComputation();
+ * }
+ * </code></pre>
+ * <p>
+ * <p>
+ * A {@link kamon.metric.instrument.Histogram Histogram} for the defining method with the name {@code coolName} will be created which uses the
+ * annotated method's return as its value.
+ */
+@Documented
+@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+public @interface Histogram {
+
+ /**
+ * @return The histogram's name.
+ * <p>
+ * Also, the Metric name can be resolved with an EL expression that evaluates to a String:
+ * <p>
+ * <pre>
+ * {@code
+ * class ClassWithHistogram {
+ * private long id;
+ *
+ * public long getId() { return id; }
+ *
+ * {@literal @}Histogram (name = "${'histoID:' += this.id}")
+ * void countedMethod() {} // create a histogram with name => histoID:[id]
+ * }
+ * }
+ * </pre>
+ */
+ String name();
+
+ /**
+ * The lowest value that can be discerned (distinguished from 0) by the histogram.Must be a positive integer that
+ * is >= 1. May be internally rounded down to nearest power of 2.
+ */
+ long lowestDiscernibleValue() default 1;
+
+
+ /**
+ * The highest value to be tracked by the histogram. Must be a positive integer that is >= (2 * lowestDiscernibleValue).
+ * Must not be larger than (Long.MAX_VALUE/2).
+ */
+ long highestTrackableValue() default 3600000000000L;
+
+ /**
+ * The number of significant decimal digits to which the histogram will maintain value resolution and separation.
+ * Must be a non-negative integer between 1 and 3.
+ */
+ int precision() default 2;
+
+
+ /**
+ * Tags are a way of adding dimensions to metrics,
+ * these are constructed using EL syntax e.g. "${'algorithm':'1','env':'production'}"
+ *
+ * @return the tags associated to the histogram
+ */
+ String tags() default "";
+} \ No newline at end of file