Gauge (simplemetrics 7.219.14 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.yahoo.metrics.simple.Gauge

```
@Beta
public class Gauge
extends java.lang.Object
```
A gauge metric, i.e. a bucket of arbitrary sample values. Create a gauge metric by declaring it with MetricReceiver.declareGauge(String) or MetricReceiver.declareGauge(String, Point).

Author:

steinar

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`PointBuilder`	`builder()`	Create a PointBuilder with the default dimension values reflecting those given when this gauge was declared.
`void`	`sample(double x)`	Record a sample with default or no position.
`void`	`sample(double x, Point p)`	Record a sample at the given position.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - sample
```
public void sample(double x)
```
    Record a sample with default or no position.
    
    Parameters:
    
    x - sample value
  - sample
```
public void sample(double x,
                   Point p)
```
    Record a sample at the given position.
    
    Parameters:
    
    x - sample value
    
    p - position/dimension values for the sample
  - builder
```
public PointBuilder builder()
```
    Create a PointBuilder with the default dimension values reflecting those given when this gauge was declared.
    
    Returns:
    
    a builder initialized with defaults from this metric instance