MetricNumericConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

Metric, Metric$
```
public interface MetricNumericConverter
```
INTERNAL API
Encapsulates evaluation of validity of metric values, conversion of an actual metric value to a Metric for consumption by subscribed cluster entities.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`scala.util.Either<java.lang.Object,java.lang.Object>`	`convertNumber(java.lang.Object from)`	May involve rounding or truncation.
`boolean`	`defined(java.lang.Number value)`	An defined value is neither negative nor NaN/Infinite: JMX system load average and max heap can be 'undefined' for certain OS, in which case a -1 is returned SIGAR combined CPU can occasionally return a NaN or Infinite (known bug)

- Method Detail
  - convertNumber
```
scala.util.Either<java.lang.Object,java.lang.Object> convertNumber(java.lang.Object from)
```
    May involve rounding or truncation.
  - defined
```
boolean defined(java.lang.Number value)
```
    An defined value is neither negative nor NaN/Infinite:
    JMX system load average and max heap can be 'undefined' for certain OS, in which case a -1 is returned
    
    SIGAR combined CPU can occasionally return a NaN or Infinite (known bug)