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+/*
+Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package metrics
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/blang/semver"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+)
+
+// StableCollector extends the prometheus.Collector interface to allow customization of the
+// metric registration process, it's especially intend to be used in scenario of custom collector.
+type StableCollector interface {
+	prometheus.Collector
+
+	// DescribeWithStability sends the super-set of all possible metrics.Desc collected
+	// by this StableCollector to the provided channel.
+	DescribeWithStability(chan<- *Desc)
+
+	// CollectWithStability sends each collected metrics.Metric via the provide channel.
+	CollectWithStability(chan<- Metric)
+
+	// Create will initialize all Desc and it intends to be called by registry.
+	Create(version *semver.Version, self StableCollector) bool
+}
+
+// BaseStableCollector which implements almost all of the methods defined by StableCollector
+// is a convenient assistant for custom collectors.
+// It is recommend that inherit BaseStableCollector when implementing custom collectors.
+type BaseStableCollector struct {
+	descriptors []*Desc // stores all Desc collected from DescribeWithStability().
+	registrable []*Desc // stores registrable Desc(not be hidden), is a subset of descriptors.
+	hidden      []*Desc // stores hidden Desc
+	self        StableCollector
+}
+
+// DescribeWithStability sends all descriptors to the provided channel.
+// Every custom collector should over-write this method.
+func (bsc *BaseStableCollector) DescribeWithStability(ch chan<- *Desc) {
+	panic(fmt.Errorf("custom collector should over-write DescribeWithStability method"))
+}
+
+// Describe sends all descriptors to the provided channel.
+// It intend to be called by prometheus registry.
+func (bsc *BaseStableCollector) Describe(ch chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
+	for _, d := range bsc.descriptors {
+		ch <- d.toPrometheusDesc()
+	}
+}
+
+// CollectWithStability sends all metrics to the provided channel.
+// Every custom collector should over-write this method.
+func (bsc *BaseStableCollector) CollectWithStability(ch chan<- Metric) {
+	panic(fmt.Errorf("custom collector should over-write CollectWithStability method"))
+}
+
+// Collect is called by the Prometheus registry when collecting metrics.
+func (bsc *BaseStableCollector) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
+	mch := make(chan Metric)
+
+	go func() {
+		bsc.self.CollectWithStability(mch)
+		close(mch)
+	}()
+
+	for m := range mch {
+		// Hidden metrics should be ignored.
+		// TODO(RainbowMango): There is no convenient method to identify if the metrics should be ignored.
+		// 	Use a temporary solution here. (try to search in hidden list)
+		if strings.Contains(m.Desc().String(), hiddenFlag) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		ch <- prometheus.Metric(m)
+	}
+}
+
+func (bsc *BaseStableCollector) add(d *Desc) {
+	bsc.descriptors = append(bsc.descriptors, d)
+}
+
+// Init intends to be called by registry.
+func (bsc *BaseStableCollector) init(self StableCollector) {
+	bsc.self = self
+
+	dch := make(chan *Desc)
+
+	// collect all possible descriptions from custom side
+	go func() {
+		bsc.self.DescribeWithStability(dch)
+		close(dch)
+	}()
+
+	for d := range dch {
+		bsc.add(d)
+	}
+}
+
+// Create intends to be called by registry.
+// Create will return true as long as there is one or more metrics not be hidden.
+// Otherwise return false, that means the whole collector will be ignored by registry.
+func (bsc *BaseStableCollector) Create(version *semver.Version, self StableCollector) bool {
+	bsc.init(self)
+
+	for _, d := range bsc.descriptors {
+		if version != nil {
+			d.determineDeprecationStatus(*version)
+		}
+
+		d.createOnce.Do(func() {
+			d.createLock.Lock()
+			defer d.createLock.Unlock()
+
+			d.isCreated = true
+			if d.IsHidden() { // hidden metrics also needs initialize because user may send them in CollectWithStability method.
+				d.initializeHiddenDesc()
+				bsc.hidden = append(bsc.hidden, d)
+			} else if d.IsDeprecated() {
+				d.initializeDeprecatedDesc()
+				bsc.registrable = append(bsc.registrable, d)
+			} else {
+				d.initialize()
+				bsc.registrable = append(bsc.registrable, d)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
+	if len(bsc.registrable) > 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+// Check if our BaseStableCollector implements necessary interface
+var _ StableCollector = &BaseStableCollector{}