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use crate::ErrorType;

/// A description for the [`LabeledMetric`](crate::metrics::LabeledMetric) type.
///
/// When changing this trait, make sure all the operations are
/// implemented in the related type in `../metrics/`.
pub trait Labeled<T>
where
    T: Clone,
{
    /// Gets a specific metric for a given label.
    ///
    /// If a set of acceptable labels were specified in the `metrics.yaml` file,
    /// and the given label is not in the set, it will be recorded under the special `OTHER_LABEL` label.
    ///
    /// If a set of acceptable labels was not specified in the `metrics.yaml` file,
    /// only the first 16 unique labels will be used.
    /// After that, any additional labels will be recorded under the special `OTHER_LABEL` label.
    ///
    /// Labels must be `snake_case` and less than 30 characters.
    /// If an invalid label is used, the metric will be recorded in the special `OTHER_LABEL` label.
    fn get(&self, label: &str) -> T;

    /// **Exported for test purposes.**
    ///
    /// Gets the number of recorded errors for the given metric and error type.
    ///
    /// # Arguments
    ///
    /// * `error` - The type of error
    ///
    /// # Returns
    ///
    /// The number of errors reported.
    fn test_get_num_recorded_errors(&self, error: ErrorType) -> i32;
}