robertwb commented on a change in pull request #14805:
URL: https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/14805#discussion_r655738358



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File path: 
runners/core-java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/core/metrics/MetricsContainerImpl.java
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@@ -84,9 +86,22 @@
   private MetricsMap<KV<MetricName, HistogramData.BucketType>, HistogramCell> 
histograms =
       new MetricsMap<>(HistogramCell::new);
 
-  /** Create a new {@link MetricsContainerImpl} associated with the given 
{@code stepName}. */
+  /**
+   * Create a new {@link MetricsContainerImpl} associated with the given 
{@code stepName}. If
+   * stepName is null, this MetricsContainer is not bound to a step.

Review comment:
       It feels like that if MetricContainer[Impls] are only sometimes 
associated with steps, the step association should be stored elsewhere, not as 
part of this instance. But maybe that's too big a refactoring for now. 
   
   +1 to `MetricsContainerImpl.createProcessWideContainer()`; the nullary 
constructor doesn't make it obvious the intent is to have this process-wide. 




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