add Start and Stop function for metrics exporter. (#121)

Author: rghetia

Gopkg.lock

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 [[constraint]]
   name = "go.opencensus.io"
-  version = ">=0.12.0"
+  version = ">=0.20.0"
 
 [[constraint]]
   branch = "master"

Gopkg.toml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.1
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.2.0
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway v1.8.5 // indirect
-	go.opencensus.io v0.19.1
+	go.opencensus.io v0.20.0
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190320064053-1272bf9dcd53
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190319182350-c85d3e98c914
 	google.golang.org/api v0.2.0

go.mod

@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@ contrib.go.opencensus.io/resource v0.0.0-20190131005048-21591786a5e0/go.mod h1:F
 git.apache.org/thrift.git v0.0.0-20180902110319-2566ecd5d999/go.mod h1:fPE2ZNJGynbRyZ4dJvy6G277gSllfV2HJqblrnkyeyg=
 git.apache.org/thrift.git v0.12.0/go.mod h1:fPE2ZNJGynbRyZ4dJvy6G277gSllfV2HJqblrnkyeyg=
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+github.com/Shopify/sarama v1.19.0/go.mod h1:FVkBWblsNy7DGZRfXLU0O9RCGt5g3g3yEuWXgklEdEo=
+github.com/Shopify/toxiproxy v2.1.4+incompatible/go.mod h1:OXgGpZ6Cli1/URJOF1DMxUHB2q5Ap20/P/eIdh4G0pI=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20160405071501-a0175ee3bccc/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
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+github.com/apache/thrift v0.12.0/go.mod h1:cp2SuWMxlEZw2r+iP2GNCdIi4C1qmUzdZFSVb+bacwQ=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.18.6 h1:NuUz/+bi6C5v3BpIXW/VfovfMpvlhl1WUnD0EiDkOwQ=
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@@ -24,13 +27,18 @@ github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDk
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+github.com/eapache/go-resiliency v1.1.0/go.mod h1:kFI+JgMyC7bLPUVY133qvEBtVayf5mFgVsvEsIPBvNs=
+github.com/eapache/go-xerial-snappy v0.0.0-20180814174437-776d5712da21/go.mod h1:+020luEh2TKB4/GOp8oxxtq0Daoen/Cii55CzbTV6DU=
+github.com/eapache/queue v1.1.0/go.mod h1:6eCeP0CKFpHLu8blIFXhExK/dRa7WDZfr6jVFPTqq+I=
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+github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
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 github.com/go-stack/stack v1.8.0/go.mod h1:v0f6uXyyMGvRgIKkXu+yp6POWl0qKG85gN/melR3HDY=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.1.1/go.mod h1:r8qH/GZQm5c6nD/R0oafs1akxWv10x8SbQlK7atdtwQ=
+github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.2.0/go.mod h1:r8qH/GZQm5c6nD/R0oafs1akxWv10x8SbQlK7atdtwQ=
 github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b h1:VKtxabqXZkF25pY9ekfRL6a582T4P37/31XEstQ5p58=
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@@ -40,6 +48,7 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.2.0 h1:P3YflyNX/ehuJFLhxviNdFxQPkGK5cDcApsge1SqnvM
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.2.0/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
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+github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.0-20180518054509-2e65f85255db/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
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@@ -51,6 +60,8 @@ github.com/googleapis/gax-go v2.0.0+incompatible h1:j0GKcs05QVmm7yesiZq2+9cxHkNK
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+github.com/gorilla/context v1.1.1/go.mod h1:kBGZzfjB9CEq2AlWe17Uuf7NDRt0dE0s8S51q0aT7Yg=
+github.com/gorilla/mux v1.6.2/go.mod h1:1lud6UwP+6orDFRuTfBEV8e9/aOM/c4fVVCaMa2zaAs=
 github.com/gregjones/httpcache v0.0.0-20180305231024-9cad4c3443a7/go.mod h1:FecbI9+v66THATjSRHfNgh1IVFe/9kFxbXtjV0ctIMA=
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 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway v1.6.2 h1:8KyC64BiO8ndiGHY5DlFWWdangUPC9QHPakFRre/Ud0=
@@ -59,6 +70,7 @@ github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway v1.8.5 h1:2+KSC78XiO6Qy0hIjfc1OD9H+hsaJdJ
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway v1.8.5/go.mod h1:vNeuVxBJEsws4ogUvrchl83t/GYV9WGTSLVdBhOQFDY=
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+github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
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@@ -73,8 +85,13 @@ github.com/kr/pty v1.1.3/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
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+github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.6.0/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+WWjE=
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+github.com/pierrec/lz4 v2.0.5+incompatible/go.mod h1:pdkljMzZIN41W+lC3N2tnIh5sFi+IEE17M5jbnwPHcY=
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@@ -88,6 +105,7 @@ github.com/prometheus/common v0.2.0/go.mod h1:TNfzLD0ON7rHzMJeJkieUDPYmFC7Snx/y8
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+github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics v0.0.0-20181016184325-3113b8401b8a/go.mod h1:bCqnVzQkZxMG4s8nGwiZ5l3QUCyqpo9Y+/ZMZ9VjZe4=
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 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.2.0/go.mod h1:LxeOpSwHxABJmUn/MG1IvRgCAasNZTLOkJPxbbu5VWo=
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@@ -97,6 +115,8 @@ github.com/tarm/serial v0.0.0-20180830185346-98f6abe2eb07/go.mod h1:kDXzergiv9cb
 go.opencensus.io v0.18.0/go.mod h1:vKdFvxhtzZ9onBp9VKHK8z/sRpBMnKAsufL7wlDrCOA=
 go.opencensus.io v0.19.1 h1:gPYKQ/GAQYR2ksU+qXNmq3CrOZWT1kkryvW6O0v1acY=
 go.opencensus.io v0.19.1/go.mod h1:gug0GbSHa8Pafr0d2urOSgoXHZ6x/RUlaiT0d9pqb4A=
+go.opencensus.io v0.20.0 h1:L/ARO58pdktB6dLmYI0zAyW1XnavEmGziFd0MKfxnck=
+go.opencensus.io v0.20.0/go.mod h1:NO/8qkisMZLZ1FCsKNqtJPwc8/TaclWyY0B6wcYNg9M=
 go4.org v0.0.0-20180809161055-417644f6feb5/go.mod h1:MkTOUMDaeVYJUOUsaDXIhWPZYa1yOyC1qaOBpL57BhE=
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@@ -144,6 +164,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180909124046-d0be0721c37e/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5h
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+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20181122145206-62eef0e2fa9b/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
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@@ -189,8 +210,10 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.19.1/go.mod h1:mqu4LbDTu4XGKhr4mRzUsmM4RtVoemTSY81AxZi
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+gopkg.in/fsnotify.v1 v1.4.7/go.mod h1:Tz8NjZHkW78fSQdbUxIjBTcgA1z1m8ZHf0WmKUhAMys=
 gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1/go.mod h1:cWUDdTG/fYaXco+Dcufb5Vnc6Gp2YChqWtbxRZE0mXw=
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+gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7/go.mod h1:dt/ZhP58zS4L8KSrWDmTeBkI65Dw0HsyUHuEVlX15mw=
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go.sum

@@ -255,6 +255,10 @@ type Options struct {
 	// The MonitoredResource field is ignored if this field is set to a non-nil
 	// value.
 	GetMonitoredResource func(*view.View, []tag.Tag) ([]tag.Tag, monitoredresource.Interface)
+
+	// ReportingInterval sets the interval between reporting metrics.
+	// If it is set to zero then default value is used.
+	ReportingInterval time.Duration
 }
 
 const defaultTimeout = 5 * time.Second
@@ -356,6 +360,29 @@ func (e *Exporter) ExportMetrics(ctx context.Context, metrics []*metricdata.Metr
 	return e.statsExporter.ExportMetrics(ctx, metrics)
 }
 
+// StartMetricsExporter starts exporter by creating an interval reader that reads metrics
+// from all registered producers at set interval and exports them.
+// Use StopMetricsExporter to stop exporting metrics.
+// Previously, it required registering exporter to export stats collected by opencensus.
+//    exporter := stackdriver.NewExporter(stackdriver.Option{})
+//    view.RegisterExporter(exporter)
+// Now, it requires to call StartMetricsExporter() to export stats and metrics collected by opencensus.
+//    exporter := stackdriver.NewExporter(stackdriver.Option{})
+//    exporter.StartMetricsExporter()
+//    defer exporter.StopMetricsExporter()
+//
+// Both approach should not be used simultaenously. Otherwise it may result into unknown behavior.
+// Previous approach continues to work as before but will not report newly define metrics such
+// as gauges.
+func (e *Exporter) StartMetricsExporter() error {
+	return e.statsExporter.startMetricsReader()
+}
+
+// StopMetricsExporter stops exporter from exporting metrics.
+func (e *Exporter) StopMetricsExporter() {
+	e.statsExporter.stopMetricsReader()
+}
+
 // ExportSpan exports a SpanData to Stackdriver Trace.
 func (e *Exporter) ExportSpan(sd *trace.SpanData) {
 	if len(e.traceExporter.o.DefaultTraceAttributes) > 0 {

stackdriver.go

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"cloud.google.com/go/monitoring/apiv3"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/timestamp"
 	"go.opencensus.io/metric/metricdata"
+	"go.opencensus.io/metric/metricexport"
 	"google.golang.org/api/option"
 	"google.golang.org/api/support/bundler"
 	distributionpb "google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api/distribution"
@@ -73,6 +74,9 @@ type statsExporter struct {
 
 	c             *monitoring.MetricClient
 	defaultLabels map[string]labelValue
+	ir            *metricexport.IntervalReader
+
+	initReaderOnce sync.Once
 }
 
 var (
@@ -135,6 +139,20 @@ func newStatsExporter(o Options) (*statsExporter, error) {
 	return e, nil
 }
 
+func (e *statsExporter) startMetricsReader() error {
+	e.initReaderOnce.Do(func() {
+		e.ir, _ = metricexport.NewIntervalReader(&metricexport.Reader{}, e)
+	})
+	e.ir.ReportingInterval = e.o.ReportingInterval
+	return e.ir.Start()
+}
+
+func (e *statsExporter) stopMetricsReader() {
+	if e.ir != nil {
+		e.ir.Stop()
+	}
+}
+
 func (e *statsExporter) getMonitoredResource(v *view.View, tags []tag.Tag) ([]tag.Tag, *monitoredrespb.MonitoredResource) {
 	if get := e.o.GetMonitoredResource; get != nil {
 		newTags, mr := get(v, tags)