metric

type Provider interface {
	// Run start a new external system call for a measurement
	// Should be idempotent and do nothing if a call has already been started
	Run(*v1alpha1.AnalysisRun, v1alpha1.Metric) v1alpha1.Measurement
	// Resume Checks if the external system call is finished and returns the current measurement
	Resume(*v1alpha1.AnalysisRun, v1alpha1.Metric, v1alpha1.Measurement) v1alpha1.Measurement
	// Terminate will terminate an in-progress measurement
	Terminate(*v1alpha1.AnalysisRun, v1alpha1.Metric, v1alpha1.Measurement) v1alpha1.Measurement
	// GarbageCollect is used to garbage collect completed measurements to the specified limit
	GarbageCollect(*v1alpha1.AnalysisRun, v1alpha1.Metric, int) error
	// Type gets the provider type
	Type() string
	// GetMetadata returns any additional metadata which providers need to store/display as part
	// of the metric result. For example, Prometheus uses is to store the final resolved queries.
	GetMetadata(metric v1alpha1.Metric) map[string]string
}