metric.go

// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
//
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package otel // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel"

import (
	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/global"
	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
)

// Meter creates an implementation of the Meter interface from the global
// MeterProvider. The instrumentationName must be the name of the library
// providing instrumentation. This name may be the same as the instrumented
// code only if that code provides built-in instrumentation. If the
// instrumentationName is empty, then a implementation defined default name
// will be used instead.
//
// This is short for MeterProvider().Meter(name)
func Meter(instrumentationName string, opts ...metric.MeterOption) metric.Meter {
	return GetMeterProvider().Meter(instrumentationName, opts...)
}

// GetMeterProvider returns the registered global meter provider.  If
// none is registered then a default meter provider is returned that
// forwards the Meter interface to the first registered Meter.
//
// Use the meter provider to create a named meter. E.g.
//     meter := global.MeterProvider().Meter("example.com/foo")
// or
//     meter := global.Meter("example.com/foo")
func GetMeterProvider() metric.MeterProvider {
	return global.MeterProvider()
}

// SetMeterProvider registers `mp` as the global meter provider.
func SetMeterProvider(mp metric.MeterProvider) {
	global.SetMeterProvider(mp)
}