metricsConsumer.java

/*
 * Set Meters for Important Events 
 */
Metrics.markMeter(Metrics.name("requests", "ended"));

/*
 * Counters are simple, you can inc/dec them. 
 */
Metrics.incCounter(Metrics.name("metricstats", tenantId, "valid"));

/*
 * Creates the timer context and starts it, then call stop to stop it.
 */
Metrics.getTimerContext(Metric.name("discoverobjects", "total"));
Metrics.getTimerContext(Metric.name("discoverobjects", "total")).stop();

/*
 * Register a gauge by passing an atomiclong/integer which will be reported
 */
AtomicLong numberOfItems = new AtomicLong();
numberOfItems.incrementAndGet();
Metrics.registerGauge(Metric.name("numberofitems", "total"), numberOfItems);