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//
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//go:build go1.18
// +build go1.18

package otlpmetric // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric"

import (
	"context"

	mpb "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp/metrics/v1"
)

// Client handles the transmission of OTLP data to an OTLP receiving endpoint.
type Client interface {
	// UploadMetrics transmits metric data to an OTLP receiver.
	//
	// All retry logic must be handled by UploadMetrics alone, the Exporter
	// does not implement any retry logic. All returned errors are considered
	// unrecoverable.
	UploadMetrics(context.Context, *mpb.ResourceMetrics) error

	// ForceFlush flushes any metric data held by an Client.
	//
	// The deadline or cancellation of the passed context must be honored. An
	// appropriate error should be returned in these situations.
	ForceFlush(context.Context) error

	// Shutdown flushes all metric data held by a Client and closes any
	// connections it holds open.
	//
	// The deadline or cancellation of the passed context must be honored. An
	// appropriate error should be returned in these situations.
	//
	// Shutdown will only be called once by the Exporter. Once a return value
	// is received by the Exporter from Shutdown the Client will not be used
	// anymore. Therefore all computational resources need to be released
	// after this is called so the Client can be garbage collected.
	Shutdown(context.Context) error
}