datadog-metrics-java¶
Introduction¶
The most powerful means of organizing and manipulating metrics data in Datadog is through the use of the tags mechanism that is provided. However the more polished Java metric libraries (such as Dropwizard) are oriented more towards using variations in metric names rather than tags. Datadog itself is also not a Java shop, so their provided Java functionality is fairly rudimentary. This has resulted in a choice between using the basic Datadog library and foresaking the conveniences of the Dropwizard library, or adapting Dropwizard to conform to the tag based model (such as the Coursera library) thereby introducing additional complexity on top of what is already there. The concerns around waste are heightened by the fact that much of the functionality provided by the Dropwizard library itself are not needed when using the Datadog agent, and so the final product is far heavier than required and distant from the standard Datadog client.
Caveat: This library and the motivations described above are focused on Datadog being the sole destination for metrics. The abstraction provided by the Dropwizard metrics library would be very valuable when targeting heterogeneous metric stores.
Installation¶
Gradle¶
Add the BC Nexus repository and a compile time dependency on this project:
repository {
maven { url 'https://nexus.brightcove.com/nexus/content/groups/public' }
}
dependencies {
compile 'com.brightcove.com:datadog-metrics-java:$release'
}
Where $release is replaced by the desired release, for this version:
.. parsed-literal::
com.brightcove.com:datadog-metrics-java:0.1.0