// Copyright 2013 Prometheus Team
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package model

// A Metric is similar to a LabelSet, but the key difference is that a Metric is
// a singleton and refers to one and only one stream of samples.
type Metric map[LabelName]LabelValue

func (m Metric) Equal(o Metric) bool {
	lFingerprint := &Fingerprint{}
	rFingerprint := &Fingerprint{}

	lFingerprint.LoadFromMetric(m)
	rFingerprint.LoadFromMetric(o)

	return lFingerprint.Equal(rFingerprint)
}

func (m Metric) Before(o Metric) bool {
	lFingerprint := &Fingerprint{}
	rFingerprint := &Fingerprint{}

	lFingerprint.LoadFromMetric(m)
	rFingerprint.LoadFromMetric(o)

	return m.Before(o)
}