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019
020
021package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.metrics;
022
023import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
024
025/**
026 * A Factory for creating MetricRegistries. This is the main plugin point for metrics implementation
027 */
028@InterfaceAudience.Private
029public interface MetricRegistryFactory {
030  /**
031   * Create a MetricRegistry from the given MetricRegistryInfo
032   * @param info the descriptor for MetricRegistry
033   * @return a MetricRegistry implementation
034   */
035  MetricRegistry create(MetricRegistryInfo info);
036}