com.codahale.metrics.health

Class HealthCheck

java.lang.Object

com.codahale.metrics.health.HealthCheck

Direct Known Subclasses:

ThreadDeadlockHealthCheck

public abstract class HealthCheck
extends Object

A health check for a component of your application.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	HealthCheck.Result The result of a HealthCheck being run.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HealthCheck()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected abstract HealthCheck.Result	check() Perform a check of the application component.
HealthCheck.Result	execute() Executes the health check, catching and handling any exceptions raised by check().

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

HealthCheck

public HealthCheck()

Method Detail

check

protected abstract HealthCheck.Result check()
                                     throws Exception

Perform a check of the application component.

Returns:

if the component is healthy, a healthy HealthCheck.Result; otherwise, an unhealthy HealthCheck.Result with a descriptive error message or exception

Throws:

Exception - if there is an unhandled error during the health check; this will result in a failed health check

execute

public HealthCheck.Result execute()

Executes the health check, catching and handling any exceptions raised by check().

Returns:

if the component is healthy, a healthy HealthCheck.Result; otherwise, an unhealthy HealthCheck.Result with a descriptive error message or exception