@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@ public abstract class Metrics extends StreamData implements StorageData {
* Merge the given metrics instance, these two must be the same metrics type.
*
* @param metrics to be merged
* @return {@code true} if the combined metrics should be continuously processed. {@code false} means it should be abandoned, and the implementation needs to keep the data unaltered in this case.
*/
publicabstractvoidcombine(Metricsmetrics);
publicabstractbooleancombine(Metricsmetrics);
/**
* Calculate the metrics final value when required.