Add examples for const summary/histogram.

Author: beorn7

prometheus/examples_test.go

@@ -455,6 +455,56 @@ func ExampleSummaryVec() {
 	// ]
 }
 
+func ExampleConstSummary() {
+	desc := prometheus.NewDesc(
+		"http_request_duration_seconds",
+		"A summary of the HTTP request durations.",
+		[]string{"code", "method"},
+		prometheus.Labels{"owner": "example"},
+	)
+
+	// Create a constant summary from values we got from a 3rd party telemetry system.
+	s := prometheus.MustNewConstSummary(
+		desc,
+		4711, 403.34,
+		map[float64]float64{0.5: 42.3, 0.9: 323.3},
+		"200", "get",
+	)
+
+	// Just for demonstration, let's check the state of the summary by
+	// (ab)using its Write method (which is usually only used by Prometheus
+	// internally).
+	metric := &dto.Metric{}
+	s.Write(metric)
+	fmt.Println(proto.MarshalTextString(metric))
+
+	// Output:
+	// label: <
+	//   name: "code"
+	//   value: "200"
+	// >
+	// label: <
+	//   name: "method"
+	//   value: "get"
+	// >
+	// label: <
+	//   name: "owner"
+	//   value: "example"
+	// >
+	// summary: <
+	//   sample_count: 4711
+	//   sample_sum: 403.34
+	//   quantile: <
+	//     quantile: 0.5
+	//     value: 42.3
+	//   >
+	//   quantile: <
+	//     quantile: 0.9
+	//     value: 323.3
+	//   >
+	// >
+}
+
 func ExampleHistogram() {
 	temps := prometheus.NewHistogram(prometheus.HistogramOpts{
 		Name:    "pond_temperature_celsius",
@@ -501,6 +551,64 @@ func ExampleHistogram() {
 	// >
 }
 
+func ExampleConstHistogram() {
+	desc := prometheus.NewDesc(
+		"http_request_duration_seconds",
+		"A histogram of the HTTP request durations.",
+		[]string{"code", "method"},
+		prometheus.Labels{"owner": "example"},
+	)
+
+	// Create a constant histogram from values we got from a 3rd party telemetry system.
+	h := prometheus.MustNewConstHistogram(
+		desc,
+		4711, 403.34,
+		map[float64]uint64{25: 121, 50: 2403, 100: 3221, 200: 4233},
+		"200", "get",
+	)
+
+	// Just for demonstration, let's check the state of the histogram by
+	// (ab)using its Write method (which is usually only used by Prometheus
+	// internally).
+	metric := &dto.Metric{}
+	h.Write(metric)
+	fmt.Println(proto.MarshalTextString(metric))
+
+	// Output:
+	// label: <
+	//   name: "code"
+	//   value: "200"
+	// >
+	// label: <
+	//   name: "method"
+	//   value: "get"
+	// >
+	// label: <
+	//   name: "owner"
+	//   value: "example"
+	// >
+	// histogram: <
+	//   sample_count: 4711
+	//   sample_sum: 403.34
+	//   bucket: <
+	//     cumulative_count: 121
+	//     upper_bound: 25
+	//   >
+	//   bucket: <
+	//     cumulative_count: 2403
+	//     upper_bound: 50
+	//   >
+	//   bucket: <
+	//     cumulative_count: 3221
+	//     upper_bound: 100
+	//   >
+	//   bucket: <
+	//     cumulative_count: 4233
+	//     upper_bound: 200
+	//   >
+	// >
+}
+
 func ExamplePushCollectors() {
 	hostname, _ := os.Hostname()
 	completionTime := prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{