rdblue commented on a change in pull request #4050:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/4050#discussion_r806012649



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File path: api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/metrics/MetricsContext.java
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+
+package org.apache.iceberg.metrics;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+/**
+ * Generalized interface for creating telemetry related instances for tracking
+ * operations.  Implementations must take into account usage considerations
+ * like thread safety and serialization.
+ */
+public interface MetricsContext extends Serializable {
+  enum Unit {
+    UNDEFINED("undefined"),
+    BYTES("bytes"),
+    SCALAR("scalar");
+
+    private final String displayName;
+
+    Unit(String displayName) {
+      this.displayName = displayName;
+    }
+
+    public String displayName() {
+      return displayName;
+    }
+  }
+
+  default void initialize(Map<String, String> properties) {
+  }
+
+  interface Counter<T extends Number> {
+    /**
+     * Increment the counter by a single whole number value (i.e. 1).
+     */
+    void increment();
+
+    /**
+     * Increment the counter by the provided amount.
+     *
+     * @param amount to be incremented
+     */
+    void increment(T amount);
+
+    /**
+     * Reporting count is optional if the counter is reporting externally.
+     *
+     * @return current count if available
+     */
+    default Optional<T> count() {

Review comment:
       It is a little odd that these are defined, but not implemented in the 
initial use of `MetricsContext`. How do you intend to use these (`count` and 
`unit`) later on? Since they have default implementations, can we add them 
later instead of now when we have a use for them?




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