QmcMetric(3) — Linux manual page

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QMCMETRIC(3)            Library Functions Manual            QMCMETRIC(3)

NAME         top

       QmcMetric - container for a metric and all its values

C++ SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <pcp/pmc/Metric.h>

       c++ ... -lpcp_qmc -lpcp

DESCRIPTION         top

       A QmcMetric object is a container for a single metric and all its
       values.

       The QmcMetricValue structure is used to hold the instance index,
       values and errors of each instance.  In the case of a singular
       metric, a single QmcMetricValue object is used.

       A QmcMetric object consists of a list of QmcMetricValue objects,
       indexes to the descriptors in the metric's QmcGroup and
       QmcContext and flags to indicate if the instances are explicit or
       implicit, and if only active metrics are required after
       QmcMetric::updateIndom is called.

CONSTRUCTORS         top

       Metrics should be constructed through the QmcGroup::addMetric
       methods as this will ensure that the references to the metric's
       context, descriptor and instance domain are correctly
       initialized.

INSTANCES         top

       For metrics with an instance domain it is possible to add and
       remove any instance, and also update the instance list to reflect
       changes in a dynamic instance domain.

       bool updateIndom();
           Update the metric to include new instances.  This method will
           first call QmcContext::update to update the instance domain.
           If the active flag is set in the QmcGroup::addMetric call,
           only instances will exported by the metric, otherwise the
           metric will export all instances listed in the domain.

           The ordering of instances may change as a result of this
           call.  Instances that already existed will keep their current
           and previous values and errors, even if they are in a
           different order.

       int addInst(QString const& name);
           Add the instance name to the metric.  If the instance does
           not exist in the instance domain, a PMAPI(3) error will be
           returned.  This method ignores the value of the active flag
           set in the QmcMetric constructor.

       void removeInst(uint_t index);
           Remove the instance at position index from the metric.

DIAGNOSTICS         top

       Error messages are generated using pmprintf(3) but are not
       flushed. It is the responsibility of the user to call pmflush(3)
       to output any messages.

       Additional diagnostics may be activated by adding the option pmc
       to the global debugging specification, as described in
       pmSetDebug(3).

SEE ALSO         top

       PMAPI(3), QMC(3), QmcContext(3), QmcGroup(3), pmflush(3) and
       pmprintf(3).

COLOPHON         top

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