/**
* Conflates the passed metric value into this one
*
* @param metricValue The metric value to conflate into this metric value
*/
public synchronized void conflate(ICEMetricValue metricValue) {
if (!type.isLong() || !metricValue.type.isLong()) {
StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder("Cannot conflate non-numeric values.");
b.append("\n\tThis metric:").append(this.toString());
b.append("\n\tThat value:").append(metricValue);
throw new RuntimeException(b.toString(), new Throwable());
}
if (type != metricValue.type) {
StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder("Cannot conflate values of different types.");
b.append("\n\tThis metric:").append(this.toString());
b.append("\n\tThat value:").append(metricValue);
throw new RuntimeException(b.toString(), new Throwable());
}
if (type.isGauge()) {
this.longValue = avg(2, this.longValue + metricValue.longValue);
} else {
this.longValue += metricValue.longValue;
}
}
/**
* Returns the value as a long, or throws a RuntimeException if the type is not long based
*
* @return the long value
*/
public long getLongValue() {
if (!type.isLong())
throw new RuntimeException("This value is not a long type", new Throwable());
return longValue;
}
