/// <summary>
/// Creates a new <seealso cref="Timer" /> and registers it under the given class
/// and name.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="klass">the class which owns the metric</param>
/// <param name="name">the name of the metric</param>
/// <param name="durationUnit">the duration scale unit of the new timer</param>
/// <param name="rateUnit">the rate scale unit of the new timer</param>
/// <returns>a new <seealso cref="core.Timer" /></returns>
public static Timer NewTimer(
Type klass,
string name,
TimeUnit durationUnit,
TimeUnit rateUnit)
{
return DEFAULT_REGISTRY.NewTimer(klass, name, durationUnit, rateUnit);
}