Method validate

src/core/IncomingDataPoint.java:175–210

Pre-validation of the various fields to make sure they're valid @param details a map to hold detailed error message. If null then the errors will be logged @return true if data point is valid, otherwise false

(final List<Map<String, Object>> details)

   * @return true if data point is valid, otherwise false
   */
  public boolean validate(final List<Map<String, Object>> details) {
    if (this.getMetric() == null || this.getMetric().isEmpty()) {
      if (details != null) {
        details.add(getHttpDetails("Metric name was empty"));
      }
      LOG.warn("Metric name was empty: " + this);
      return false;
    }

    //TODO add blacklisted metric validatin here too
    
    if (this.getTimestamp() <= 0) {
      if (details != null) {
        details.add(getHttpDetails("Invalid timestamp"));
      }
      LOG.warn("Invalid timestamp: " + this);
      return false;
    }

    if (this.getValue() == null || this.getValue().isEmpty()) {
      if (details != null) {
        details.add(getHttpDetails("Empty value"));
      }
      LOG.warn("Empty value: " + this);
      return false;
    }

    if (this.getTags() == null || this.getTags().size() < 1) {
      if (details != null) {
        details.add(getHttpDetails("Missing tags"));
      }
      LOG.warn("Missing tags: " + this);
      return false;
    }
    return true;
  }
  
  /**
   * Creates a map with an error message and this data point to return