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package org.apache.flink.metrics.reporter;

import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * {@link MetricReporter} factory.
 */
public interface MetricReporterFactory {

	/**
	 * Creates a new metric reporter.
	 *
	 * @param properties configured properties for the reporter
	 * @return created metric reporter
	 */
	MetricReporter createMetricReporter(final Properties properties);
}

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Extend MetricReporterFactory javadocs