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+/*
+ * =========================================================================================
+ * Copyright © 2013 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.metric
+
+/**
+ *  Identify a `thing` that is being monitored by Kamon. A [[kamon.metric.Entity]] is used to identify tracked `things`
+ *  in both the metrics recording and reporting sides. Only the name and category fields are used with determining
+ *  equality between two entities.
+ *
+ *  // TODO: Find a better word for `thing`.
+ */
+case class Entity(name: String, category: String, tags: Map[String, String])
+
+object Entity {
+  def apply(name: String, category: String): Entity =
+    apply(name, category, Map.empty)
+
+  def create(name: String, category: String): Entity =
+    apply(name, category, Map.empty)
+
+  def create(name: String, category: String, tags: Map[String, String]): Entity =
+    new Entity(name, category, tags)
+}
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