MetricBackend (Cinnamon API 2.21.4)

```
public interface MetricBackend
```
MetricBackend abstraction to create metrics for instrumented entities.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static MetricBackend NONE
Empty no-op MetricBackend.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`MetricFactory`	`metricsFor(Identity identity)`	Create a `MetricFactory` for an instrumented entity with the given `Identity`.

- Field Detail
  - NONE
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static final MetricBackend NONE
```
    Empty no-op MetricBackend.
- Method Detail
  - metricsFor
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MetricFactory metricsFor(Identity identity)
```
    Create a MetricFactory for an instrumented entity with the given Identity.
    
    Parameters:
    
    identity - identity of instrumented entity
    
    Returns:
    
    metric factory for the instrumented entity