+<?php
+
+namespace Liuggio\StatsdClient;
+
+use Liuggio\StatsdClient\Sender\SenderInterface;
+use Liuggio\StatsdClient\Entity\StatsdDataInterface;
+use Liuggio\StatsdClient\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
+
+Interface StatsdClientInterface
+{
+ const MAX_UDP_SIZE_STR = 512;
+
+ /*
+ * Send the metrics over UDP
+ *
+ * @abstract
+ * @param array|string|StatsdDataInterface $data message(s) to sent
+ * @param int $sampleRate Tells StatsD that this counter is being sent sampled every Xth of the time.
+ *
+ * @return integer the data sent in bytes
+ */
+ function send($data, $sampleRate = 1);
+}