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Return the address of the default metrics collector for the metric identified by the specified `category` and `metric` names. The behavior is undefined unless the `balm` metrics manager singleton is valid.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<balm_metrics.h>`

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static
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getCollector(
    char const* category,
    char const* metric);
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