001/*
002 * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors.
003 *
004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007 *
008 *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009 *
010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014 * limitations under the License.
015 */
016
017package org.springframework.jmx.support;
018
019/**
020 * Represents how the measurement values of a {@code ManagedMetric} will change over time.
021 *
022 * @author Jennifer Hickey
023 * @since 3.0
024 */
025public enum MetricType {
026
027        /**
028         * The measurement values may go up or down over time.
029         */
030        GAUGE,
031
032        /**
033         * The measurement values will always increase.
034         */
035        COUNTER
036
037}