Patent ID: 7509414
Filing Date: 2009-03-24
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a metric service that collects, aggregates, and composes metrics, said method comprising: declaratively specifying a metric service policy (MS-Policy), said MS-policy comprising: collecting, by a metric service engine, said input metric records according to said MS-policy from different producer applications; parsing, by a metric record parser of said metric service engine, said MS-policy for which said desired metrics needed by various elements of said consumer application are defined; aggregating, by said metric service engine said collected input metric records; composing, by a composition engine of said metric service engine, composite metrics from said input metric records, according to said MS-Policy, said composite metrics being assembled into desired composite metric records; and sending an XML representation of said desired composite metric records via a subscription interface to a plurality of consumer applications.