CLASS	COLLECTOR		Part: 1/1
TYPE OF OBJECT Performs the collection of particular statistics during the operation of a program. Individual statistics can be registered for collection, and may be activated or deactivated. The collector can cache statistic collection in memory, and can also write statistics and logging information to a long-term storage device for subsequent analysis.		INDEXING cluster: PROCESSING created: 2000-07-19 Joseph Kiniry revised: $Id: COLLECTOR.html 1954 2001-07-26 07:01:23Z kiniry $

Queries	What is the current value for specific statistic?
Commands	Report on a particular statistic. Report on all statistics. Increment a statistic by a specified value. Increment a statistic by the default value. Decrement a statistic by a specified value. Decrement a statistic by the default value. Reset a statistic to the default start value. Set a statistic to a specific value.
Constraints	A newly registered statistic is deactivated by default. No two statistics can be registered with the same unique ID.