'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Shared Sub Register( _
   ByVal metricData As Object _
) 

public static void Register( 
   object metricData
)

Parameters

metricData

An object or Type defining sampled metrics via attributes on itself or on its base types or interfaces.

This call ensures that the reflection scan of all members looking for attributes across the entire inheritance of an object instance or Type has been done (e.g. outside of a critical path) so that the first call to Write can be as fast as possible. Results are cached internally, so redundant calls to this method will not repeat the scan for types already scanned (including as part of a different top-level type).

If a live object is given (not just a Type) then the member(s) decorated with a SampledMetricInstanceNameAttribute Class will be queried and used to also register a sampled metric instance with the returned name.

If a Type is given instead of a live object, it can't be queried for instance name(s) and will only register the sampled metric definitions. Metric instances will still be automatically created as needed when writing a metricDataObject.

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

SampledMetric Class
SampledMetric Members
Overload List