RFC Title

To be Reviewed By: September 16, 2019

Authors: Dale Emery (demery@pivotal.io)

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For example, Geode collects metrics in a meter registry, but does not publish them. A developer may wish to publish those metrics via HTTP, using a PrometheusMeterRegistry or similar. Geode's existing HTTP server potentially offers a handy way to serve this information.

Solution

Give HttpService a public interface for adding endpoints, and make the instance publicly accessible.

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Rename the current HttpService class as InternalHttpService.

Create a new HttpService public interface with methods like:

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Let InternalHttpService implement HttpService to add the specified endpoints to its Jetty Server.

Add a getHttpService() method to some public API, returning the InternalHttpService instance as an HttpService. (What is an appropriate candidate for this method?)

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