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018package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.metrics;
019
020import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseInterfaceAudience;
021import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
022import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceStability;
023
024/**
025 * A metrics which measures a discrete value.
026 * @param <T> The value of the Gauge.
027 */
028@InterfaceAudience.LimitedPrivate(HBaseInterfaceAudience.COPROC)
029@InterfaceStability.Evolving
030public interface Gauge<T> extends Metric {
031
032  T getValue();
033
034}