transform_stats_to_metrics.go

// Copyright 2018, OpenCensus Authors
//
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package ocagent

import (
	"errors"
	"time"

	"go.opencensus.io/stats"
	"go.opencensus.io/stats/view"
	"go.opencensus.io/tag"

	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/timestamp"

	metricspb "github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto/gen-go/metrics/v1"
)

var (
	errNilMeasure  = errors.New("expecting a non-nil stats.Measure")
	errNilView     = errors.New("expecting a non-nil view.View")
	errNilViewData = errors.New("expecting a non-nil view.Data")
)

func viewDataToMetric(vd *view.Data, metricNamePrefix string) (*metricspb.Metric, error) {
	if vd == nil {
		return nil, errNilViewData
	}

	descriptor, err := viewToMetricDescriptor(vd.View, metricNamePrefix)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	timeseries, err := viewDataToTimeseries(vd)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	metric := &metricspb.Metric{
		MetricDescriptor: descriptor,
		Timeseries:       timeseries,
	}
	return metric, nil
}

func viewToMetricDescriptor(v *view.View, metricNamePrefix string) (*metricspb.MetricDescriptor, error) {
	if v == nil {
		return nil, errNilView
	}
	if v.Measure == nil {
		return nil, errNilMeasure
	}

	name := stringOrCall(v.Name, v.Measure.Name)
	if len(metricNamePrefix) > 0 {
		name = metricNamePrefix + "/" + name
	}
	desc := &metricspb.MetricDescriptor{
		Name:        name,
		Description: stringOrCall(v.Description, v.Measure.Description),
		Unit:        v.Measure.Unit(),
		Type:        aggregationToMetricDescriptorType(v),
		LabelKeys:   tagKeysToLabelKeys(v.TagKeys),
	}
	return desc, nil
}

func stringOrCall(first string, call func() string) string {
	if first != "" {
		return first
	}
	return call()
}

type measureType uint

const (
	measureUnknown measureType = iota
	measureInt64
	measureFloat64
)

func measureTypeFromMeasure(m stats.Measure) measureType {
	switch m.(type) {
	default:
		return measureUnknown
	case *stats.Float64Measure:
		return measureFloat64
	case *stats.Int64Measure:
		return measureInt64
	}
}

func aggregationToMetricDescriptorType(v *view.View) metricspb.MetricDescriptor_Type {
	if v == nil || v.Aggregation == nil {
		return metricspb.MetricDescriptor_UNSPECIFIED
	}
	if v.Measure == nil {
		return metricspb.MetricDescriptor_UNSPECIFIED
	}

	switch v.Aggregation.Type {
	case view.AggTypeCount:
		// Cumulative on int64
		return metricspb.MetricDescriptor_CUMULATIVE_INT64

	case view.AggTypeDistribution:
		// Cumulative types
		return metricspb.MetricDescriptor_CUMULATIVE_DISTRIBUTION

	case view.AggTypeLastValue:
		// Gauge types
		switch measureTypeFromMeasure(v.Measure) {
		case measureFloat64:
			return metricspb.MetricDescriptor_GAUGE_DOUBLE
		case measureInt64:
			return metricspb.MetricDescriptor_GAUGE_INT64
		}

	case view.AggTypeSum:
		// Cumulative types
		switch measureTypeFromMeasure(v.Measure) {
		case measureFloat64:
			return metricspb.MetricDescriptor_CUMULATIVE_DOUBLE
		case measureInt64:
			return metricspb.MetricDescriptor_CUMULATIVE_INT64
		}
	}

	// For all other cases, return unspecified.
	return metricspb.MetricDescriptor_UNSPECIFIED
}

func tagKeysToLabelKeys(tagKeys []tag.Key) []*metricspb.LabelKey {
	labelKeys := make([]*metricspb.LabelKey, 0, len(tagKeys))
	for _, tagKey := range tagKeys {
		labelKeys = append(labelKeys, &metricspb.LabelKey{
			Key: tagKey.Name(),
		})
	}
	return labelKeys
}

func viewDataToTimeseries(vd *view.Data) ([]*metricspb.TimeSeries, error) {
	if vd == nil || len(vd.Rows) == 0 {
		return nil, nil
	}

	// Given that view.Data only contains Start, End
	// the timestamps for all the row data will be the exact same
	// per aggregation. However, the values will differ.
	// Each row has its own tags.
	startTimestamp := timeToProtoTimestamp(vd.Start)
	endTimestamp := timeToProtoTimestamp(vd.End)

	mType := measureTypeFromMeasure(vd.View.Measure)
	timeseries := make([]*metricspb.TimeSeries, 0, len(vd.Rows))
	// It is imperative that the ordering of "LabelValues" matches those
	// of the Label keys in the metric descriptor.
	for _, row := range vd.Rows {
		labelValues := labelValuesFromTags(row.Tags)
		point := rowToPoint(vd.View, row, endTimestamp, mType)
		timeseries = append(timeseries, &metricspb.TimeSeries{
			StartTimestamp: startTimestamp,
			LabelValues:    labelValues,
			Points:         []*metricspb.Point{point},
		})
	}

	if len(timeseries) == 0 {
		return nil, nil
	}

	return timeseries, nil
}

func timeToProtoTimestamp(t time.Time) *timestamp.Timestamp {
	unixNano := t.UnixNano()
	return &timestamp.Timestamp{
		Seconds: int64(unixNano / 1e9),
		Nanos:   int32(unixNano % 1e9),
	}
}

func rowToPoint(v *view.View, row *view.Row, endTimestamp *timestamp.Timestamp, mType measureType) *metricspb.Point {
	pt := &metricspb.Point{
		Timestamp: endTimestamp,
	}

	switch data := row.Data.(type) {
	case *view.CountData:
		pt.Value = &metricspb.Point_Int64Value{Int64Value: data.Value}

	case *view.DistributionData:
		pt.Value = &metricspb.Point_DistributionValue{
			DistributionValue: &metricspb.DistributionValue{
				Count: data.Count,
				Sum:   float64(data.Count) * data.Mean, // because Mean := Sum/Count
				// TODO: Add Exemplar
				Buckets: bucketsToProtoBuckets(data.CountPerBucket),
				BucketOptions: &metricspb.DistributionValue_BucketOptions{
					Type: &metricspb.DistributionValue_BucketOptions_Explicit_{
						Explicit: &metricspb.DistributionValue_BucketOptions_Explicit{
							Bounds: v.Aggregation.Buckets,
						},
					},
				},
				SumOfSquaredDeviation: data.SumOfSquaredDev,
			}}

	case *view.LastValueData:
		setPointValue(pt, data.Value, mType)

	case *view.SumData:
		setPointValue(pt, data.Value, mType)
	}

	return pt
}

// Not returning anything from this function because metricspb.Point.is_Value is an unexported
// interface hence we just have to set its value by pointer.
func setPointValue(pt *metricspb.Point, value float64, mType measureType) {
	if mType == measureInt64 {
		pt.Value = &metricspb.Point_Int64Value{Int64Value: int64(value)}
	} else {
		pt.Value = &metricspb.Point_DoubleValue{DoubleValue: value}
	}
}

func bucketsToProtoBuckets(countPerBucket []int64) []*metricspb.DistributionValue_Bucket {
	distBuckets := make([]*metricspb.DistributionValue_Bucket, len(countPerBucket))
	for i := 0; i < len(countPerBucket); i++ {
		count := countPerBucket[i]

		distBuckets[i] = &metricspb.DistributionValue_Bucket{
			Count: count,
		}
	}

	return distBuckets
}

func labelValuesFromTags(tags []tag.Tag) []*metricspb.LabelValue {
	if len(tags) == 0 {
		return nil
	}

	labelValues := make([]*metricspb.LabelValue, 0, len(tags))
	for _, tag_ := range tags {
		labelValues = append(labelValues, &metricspb.LabelValue{
			Value: tag_.Value,

			// It is imperative that we set the "HasValue" attribute,
			// in order to distinguish missing a label from the empty string.
			// https://godoc.org/github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto/gen-go/metrics/v1#LabelValue.HasValue
			//
			// OpenCensus-Go uses non-pointers for tags as seen by this function's arguments,
			// so the best case that we can use to distinguish missing labels/tags from the
			// empty string is by checking if the Tag.Key.Name() != "" to indicate that we have
			// a value.
			HasValue: tag_.Key.Name() != "",
		})
	}
	return labelValues
}