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`lookupCollector` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `<balm_metric.h>`

Return a collector for the specified `metricId`.


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xref:BloombergLP/balm/Metric/lookupCollector-09.adoc[lookupCollector](
    xref:BloombergLP/balm/MetricId.adoc[MetricId] const& metricId,
    xref:BloombergLP/balm/MetricsManager.adoc[MetricsManager]* manager = 0);
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Return a collector corresponding to the specified metric `category` and `name`.


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xref:BloombergLP/balm/Collector.adoc[Collector]*
xref:BloombergLP/balm/Metric/lookupCollector-01.adoc[lookupCollector](
    char const* category,
    char const* name,
    xref:BloombergLP/balm/MetricsManager.adoc[MetricsManager]* manager = 0);
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== Return Value

* collector for `metricId`, or 0 if none is available
* collector for `category` and `name`, or 0 if none is available

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *metricId*
| identity of the metric to look up
| *manager*
| metrics manager used to provide the collector (optional)
| *category*
| null‐terminated category name
| *name*
| null‐terminated metric name
|===


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