public virtual MutableRate NewRate(string name, string desc, bool extended, bool
returnExisting)
{
lock (this)
{
if (returnExisting)
{
MutableMetric rate = metricsMap[name];
if (rate != null)
{
if (rate is MutableRate)
{
return((MutableRate)rate);
}
throw new MetricsException("Unexpected metrics type " + rate.GetType() + " for "
+ name);
}
}
CheckMetricName(name);
MutableRate ret = new MutableRate(name, desc, extended);
metricsMap[name] = ret;
return(ret);
}
}