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Return a shared pointer to a new collector for the specified `metricId` and add it to the repository&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;balm&lowbar;collectorrepository&period;h&gt;`

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addCollector(xref:BloombergLP/balm/MetricId.adoc[MetricId] const& metricId);
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== Description

The behavior is undefined unless `metricId` is a valid id returned by the `MetricRepository` supplied at construction&period;

== Return Value

shared pointer to the newly created collector

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *metricId*
| identity of the metric for the new collector
|===


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