Source (Alluxio Core - Common Utilities 295 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

JvmSource
```
public interface Source
```
Source is where the metrics generated. It uses a MetricRegistry to register the metrics for monitoring.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`com.codahale.metrics.MetricRegistry`	`getMetricRegistry()`	Gets the instance of the `MetricRegistry`.
`java.lang.String`	`getName()`	Gets the name of the Source.

- Method Detail
  - getName
```
java.lang.String getName()
```
    Gets the name of the Source.
    
    Returns:
    
    the name of the Source
  - getMetricRegistry
```
com.codahale.metrics.MetricRegistry getMetricRegistry()
```
    Gets the instance of the MetricRegistry. A MetricRegistry is used to register the metrics, and is passed to a Sink so that the sink knows which metrics to report.
    
    Returns:
    
    the instance of the MetricRegistry