/// <summary>
/// Create a continuous event at a particular frequency, aggregated over a period.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">The name of the event.</param>
/// <param name="interval">The interval in which to collect the metric, in seconds.</param>
/// <param name="period">The aggregation period in seconds.</param>
/// <param name="collector">A delegate to collect the metric.</param>
/// <returns>A newly constructed Event instance.</returns>
public static Event Create(string name, float interval, float period, EventCollectionDelegate collector)
{
var e = new Event(name, interval, period, collector);
AddEvent(e);
return(e);
}
/// <summary>
/// Constucts an Event that collects a metric each interval and aggregates over a period.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">The name of the event.</param>
/// <param name="interval">The interval in which to collect the metric, in seconds.</param>
/// <param name="period">The aggregation period in seconds.</param>
/// <param name="collector">A delegate to collect the metric.</param>
/// <returns>A newly constructed Event instance.</returns>
public Event(string name, float interval, float period, EventCollectionDelegate collector)
{
this.name = name;
_interval = interval;
_period = period;
this.collector = collector;
this.dispatchDelegate = DefaultDispatchDelegate;
}
