GraphiteSender (Metrics Parent 4.1.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, Closeable

All Known Implementing Classes:

Graphite, GraphiteRabbitMQ, GraphiteUDP, PickledGraphite
```
public interface GraphiteSender
extends Closeable
```

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`connect()`	Connects to the server.
`void`	`flush()`	Flushes buffer, if applicable
`int`	`getFailures()`	Returns the number of failed writes to the server.
`boolean`	`isConnected()`	Returns true if ready to send data
`void`	`send(String name, String value, long timestamp)`	Sends the given measurement to the server.

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Closeable
close

- Method Detail
  - connect
```
void connect()
      throws IllegalStateException,
             IOException
```
    Connects to the server.
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalStateException - if the client is already connected
    
    IOException - if there is an error connecting
  - send
```
void send(String name,
          String value,
          long timestamp)
   throws IOException
```
    Sends the given measurement to the server.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the name of the metric
    
    value - the value of the metric
    
    timestamp - the timestamp of the metric
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if there was an error sending the metric
  - flush
```
void flush()
    throws IOException
```
    Flushes buffer, if applicable
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if there was an error during flushing metrics to the socket
  - isConnected
```
boolean isConnected()
```
    Returns true if ready to send data
  - getFailures
```
int getFailures()
```
    Returns the number of failed writes to the server.
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of failed writes to the server