Package org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.stats

Class TokenBucket

java.lang.Object

org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.stats.TokenBucket

All Implemented Interfaces:

Measurable, MeasurableStat, MetricValueProvider<Double>, Stat

public class TokenBucket
extends Object
implements MeasurableStat

The TokenBucket is a MeasurableStat implementing a token bucket algorithm that is usable within a Sensor. The Quota.bound() defined the refill rate of the bucket while the maximum burst or the maximum number of credits of the bucket is defined by * MetricConfig#timeWindowMs() * Quota#bound(). The quota is considered as exhausted when the amount of remaining credits in the bucket is below zero. The enforcement is done by the Sensor. Token Bucket vs Rate based Quota: The current sampled rate based quota does not cope well with bursty workloads. The issue is that a unique and large sample can hold the average above the quota until it is discarded. Practically, when this happens, one must wait until the sample is expired to bring the rate below the quota even though less time would be theoretically required. As an example, let's imagine that we have: - Quota (Q) = 5 - Samples (S) = 100 - Window (W) = 1s A burst of 560 brings the average rate (R) to 5.6 (560 / 100). The expected throttle time is computed as follow: ((R - Q / Q * S * W)) = ((5.6 - 5) / 5 * 100 * 1) = 12 secs. In practice, the average rate won't go below the quota before the burst is dropped from the samples so one must wait 100s (S * W). The token bucket relies on continuously updated amount of credits. Therefore, it does not suffers from the above issue. The same example would work as follow: - Quota (Q) = 5 - Burst (B) = 5 * 1 * 100 = 500 (Q * S * W) A burst of 560 brings the amount of credits to -60. One must wait 12s (-(-60)/5) to refill the bucket to zero.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TokenBucket()
TokenBucket(TimeUnit unit)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
double	measure(MetricConfig config, long timeMs)	Measure this quantity and return the result as a double
void	record(MetricConfig config, double value, long timeMs)	Record the given value
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TokenBucket

public TokenBucket()

TokenBucket

public TokenBucket(TimeUnit unit)

Method Detail

measure

public double measure(MetricConfig config,
                      long timeMs)

Description copied from interface: Measurable

Measure this quantity and return the result as a double

Specified by:

measure in interface Measurable

Parameters:

config - The configuration for this metric

timeMs - The POSIX time in milliseconds the measurement is being taken

Returns:

The measured value

record

public void record(MetricConfig config,
                   double value,
                   long timeMs)

Description copied from interface: Stat

Record the given value

Specified by:

record in interface Stat

Parameters:

config - The configuration to use for this metric

value - The value to record

timeMs - The POSIX time in milliseconds this value occurred

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object