protected void updateMetadata(final String iName, final String iDescription, final METRIC_TYPE iType) {
    if (iDescription != null && dictionary.putIfAbsent(iName, iDescription) == null)
      types.put(iName, iType);
  }
protected void updateMetadata ( final String iName , final String iDescription , final METRIC_TYPE iType ) { if ( iDescription != null && dictionary . putIfAbsent ( iName , iDescription ) == null ) types . put ( iName , iType ) ; }
Updates the metric metadata.