interface MetricStreamInterface

interface MetricStreamInterface {
    
    /**
     * Returns the internal temporality of this stream.
     *
     * @return string|Temporality internal temporality
     */
    public function temporality();
    
    /**
     * Returns the last metric timestamp.
     *
     * @return int metric timestamp
     */
    public function timestamp() : int;
    
    /**
     * Pushes metric data to the stream.
     *
     * @param Metric $metric metric data to push
     */
    public function push(Metric $metric) : void;
    
    /**
     * Registers a new reader with the given temporality.
     *
     * @param string|Temporality $temporality temporality to use
     * @return int reader id
     */
    public function register($temporality) : int;
    
    /**
     * Unregisters the given reader.
     *
     * @param int $reader reader id
     */
    public function unregister(int $reader) : void;
    
    /**
     * Collects metric data for the given reader.
     *
     * @param int $reader reader id
     * @return DataInterface metric data
     */
    public function collect(int $reader) : DataInterface;

}