store: Store "data-store" information alongside metrics.

[sysdb.git] / src / include / core / store.h

diff --git a/src/include/core/store.h b/src/include/core/store.h
index 169d1128ac03d1fcef4c809f47984ef57f61317b..2d3d707161e73e851e68bcd5bbcc722f0b3d9a46 100644 (file)
--- a/src/include/core/store.h
+++ b/src/include/core/store.h
@@ -174,6 +174,14 @@ int
 sdb_store_service_attr(const char *hostname, const char *service,
                const char *key, const sdb_data_t *value, sdb_time_t last_update);
 
+/*
+ * A metric store describes how to access a metric's data.
+ */
+typedef struct {
+       const char *type;
+       const char *id;
+} sdb_metric_store_t;
+
 /*
  * sdb_store_metric:
  * Add/update a metric in the store. If the metric, identified by its name,
@@ -183,6 +191,8 @@ sdb_store_service_attr(const char *hostname, const char *service,
  * memory required for storing the entry will be allocated an managed by the
  * store itself.
  *
+ * If specified, the metric store describes where to access the metric's data.
+ *
  * Returns:
  *  - 0 on success
  *  - a positive value if the new entry is older than the currently stored
@@ -191,7 +201,7 @@ sdb_store_service_attr(const char *hostname, const char *service,
  */
 int
 sdb_store_metric(const char *hostname, const char *name,
-               sdb_time_t last_update);
+               sdb_metric_store_t *store, sdb_time_t last_update);
 
 /*
  * sdb_store_metric_attr: