[jira] [Created] (TS-2608) API to introspect metric semantics

["James Peach (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

James Peach created TS-2608:
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             Summary: API to introspect metric semantics
                 Key: TS-2608
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TS-2608
             Project: Traffic Server
          Issue Type: New Feature
          Components: Management API, Stats
            Reporter: James Peach


We ought to have an API that apps can use to query the semantics of a metric.  For example, there's no way to know whether a metric is a counter or an instantaneous value. {{traffic_top}} hard-codes a number of these, and I've taken the same approach for my [epic|https://code.google.com/p/epicnms/] plugin.

As an extension, it would also be helpful to know the units (e.g., bytes, seconds, count).



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