parsers

type Config struct {
	// Dataformat can be one of: json, influx, graphite, value, nagios
	DataFormat string

	// Separator only applied to Graphite data.
	Separator string
	// Templates only apply to Graphite data.
	Templates []string

	// TagKeys only apply to JSON data
	TagKeys []string
	// MetricName applies to JSON & value. This will be the name of the measurement.
	MetricName string

	// DataType only applies to value, this will be the type to parse value to
	DataType string

	// DefaultTags are the default tags that will be added to all parsed metrics.
	DefaultTags map[string]string
}

type Parser interface {
	// Parse takes a byte buffer separated by newlines
	// ie, `cpu.usage.idle 90\ncpu.usage.busy 10`
	// and parses it into telegraf metrics
	Parse(buf []byte) ([]telegraf.Metric, error)

	// ParseLine takes a single string metric
	// ie, "cpu.usage.idle 90"
	// and parses it into a telegraf metric.
	ParseLine(line string) (telegraf.Metric, error)

	// SetDefaultTags tells the parser to add all of the given tags
	// to each parsed metric.
	// NOTE: do _not_ modify the map after you've passed it here!!
	SetDefaultTags(tags map[string]string)
}

type ParserInput interface {
	// SetParser sets the parser function for the interface
	SetParser(parser Parser)
}