NewGetCounterReq creates new MetricReq structure to be used for retrieving of counter metric.

NewGetGaugeReq creates new MetricReq structure to be used for retrieving of gauge metric.

NewUpdateCounterReq creates new MetricReq structure to be used for updating counter metric.

NewUpdateGaugeReq creates new MetricReq structure to be used for updating gauge metric.

ToCounter creates new Counter metric object from string value.

ToGauge creates new Gauge metric object from string value.

MetricReq represents info regarding particular metric name, type and value.

A Metric is common representation of all supported metrics kinds.

Counter represents always growing numeric metric, e.g.

Gauge represents numeric metric value which could go up or down, e.g.