// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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//
//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
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// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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package stdoutmetric // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric"

import (
	"errors"
)

// Encoder encodes and outputs OpenTelemetry metric data-types as human
// readable text.
type Encoder interface {
	// Encode handles the encoding and writing of OpenTelemetry metric data.
	Encode(v any) error
}

// encoderHolder is the concrete type used to wrap an Encoder so it can be
// used as a atomic.Value type.
type encoderHolder struct {
	encoder Encoder
}

func (e encoderHolder) Encode(v any) error { return e.encoder.Encode(v) }

// shutdownEncoder is used when the exporter is shutdown. It always returns
// errShutdown when Encode is called.
type shutdownEncoder struct{}

var errShutdown = errors.New("exporter shutdown")

func (shutdownEncoder) Encode(any) error { return errShutdown }
