public final void record(final String name,
                           final Number value,
                           final String xtratag) {
    record(name, value.longValue(), xtratag);
  }
public final void record ( final String name , final Number value , final String xtratag ) { record ( name , value . longValue ( ) , xtratag ) ; }
Records a data point.
@param name The name of the metric.
@param value The current value for that metric.
@param xtratag An extra tag ({@code name=value}) to add to those
data points (ignored if {@code null}).
@throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code xtratag != null} and it
doesn't follow the {@code name=value} format.