Convert the values reported as pysnmp-Managed Objects to values and
        report them to the aggregator

def submit_metric(self, name, snmp_value, forced_type, tags=None):
        '''
        Convert the values reported as pysnmp-Managed Objects to values and
        report them to the aggregator
        '''
        tags = [] if tags is None else tags
        if reply_invalid(snmp_value):
            # Metrics not present in the queried object
            self.log.warning("No such Mib available: {}".format(name))
            return

        metric_name = self.normalize(name, prefix="snmp")

        if forced_type:
            if forced_type.lower() == "gauge":
                value = int(snmp_value)
                self.gauge(metric_name, value, tags)
            elif forced_type.lower() == "counter":
                value = int(snmp_value)
                self.rate(metric_name, value, tags)
            else:
                self.warning("Invalid forced-type specified: {} in {}".format(forced_type, name))
                raise Exception("Invalid forced-type in config file: {}".format(name))

            return

        # Ugly hack but couldn't find a cleaner way
        # Proper way would be to use the ASN1 method isSameTypeWith but it
        # wrongfully returns True in the case of CounterBasedGauge64
        # and Counter64 for example
        snmp_class = snmp_value.__class__.__name__
        if snmp_class in SNMP_COUNTERS:
            value = int(snmp_value)
            self.rate(metric_name, value, tags)
            return
        if snmp_class in SNMP_GAUGES:
            value = int(snmp_value)
            self.gauge(metric_name, value, tags)
            return

        self.log.warning("Unsupported metric type %s for %s", snmp_class, metric_name)