[VOL-2235] Mocks and interfaces for rw-core

This update consists of mocks that are used by the rw-core
during unit testing.  It also includes interfaces used for unit
tests.

Change-Id: I20ca1455c358113c3aa897acc6355e0ddbc614b7
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/alert.go b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/alert.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35e739c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/alert.go
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type AlertStatus string
+
+const (
+	AlertFiring   AlertStatus = "firing"
+	AlertResolved AlertStatus = "resolved"
+)
+
+// Alert is a generic representation of an alert in the Prometheus eco-system.
+type Alert struct {
+	// Label value pairs for purpose of aggregation, matching, and disposition
+	// dispatching. This must minimally include an "alertname" label.
+	Labels LabelSet `json:"labels"`
+
+	// Extra key/value information which does not define alert identity.
+	Annotations LabelSet `json:"annotations"`
+
+	// The known time range for this alert. Both ends are optional.
+	StartsAt     time.Time `json:"startsAt,omitempty"`
+	EndsAt       time.Time `json:"endsAt,omitempty"`
+	GeneratorURL string    `json:"generatorURL"`
+}
+
+// Name returns the name of the alert. It is equivalent to the "alertname" label.
+func (a *Alert) Name() string {
+	return string(a.Labels[AlertNameLabel])
+}
+
+// Fingerprint returns a unique hash for the alert. It is equivalent to
+// the fingerprint of the alert's label set.
+func (a *Alert) Fingerprint() Fingerprint {
+	return a.Labels.Fingerprint()
+}
+
+func (a *Alert) String() string {
+	s := fmt.Sprintf("%s[%s]", a.Name(), a.Fingerprint().String()[:7])
+	if a.Resolved() {
+		return s + "[resolved]"
+	}
+	return s + "[active]"
+}
+
+// Resolved returns true iff the activity interval ended in the past.
+func (a *Alert) Resolved() bool {
+	return a.ResolvedAt(time.Now())
+}
+
+// ResolvedAt returns true off the activity interval ended before
+// the given timestamp.
+func (a *Alert) ResolvedAt(ts time.Time) bool {
+	if a.EndsAt.IsZero() {
+		return false
+	}
+	return !a.EndsAt.After(ts)
+}
+
+// Status returns the status of the alert.
+func (a *Alert) Status() AlertStatus {
+	if a.Resolved() {
+		return AlertResolved
+	}
+	return AlertFiring
+}
+
+// Validate checks whether the alert data is inconsistent.
+func (a *Alert) Validate() error {
+	if a.StartsAt.IsZero() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("start time missing")
+	}
+	if !a.EndsAt.IsZero() && a.EndsAt.Before(a.StartsAt) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("start time must be before end time")
+	}
+	if err := a.Labels.Validate(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid label set: %s", err)
+	}
+	if len(a.Labels) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("at least one label pair required")
+	}
+	if err := a.Annotations.Validate(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid annotations: %s", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Alert is a list of alerts that can be sorted in chronological order.
+type Alerts []*Alert
+
+func (as Alerts) Len() int      { return len(as) }
+func (as Alerts) Swap(i, j int) { as[i], as[j] = as[j], as[i] }
+
+func (as Alerts) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	if as[i].StartsAt.Before(as[j].StartsAt) {
+		return true
+	}
+	if as[i].EndsAt.Before(as[j].EndsAt) {
+		return true
+	}
+	return as[i].Fingerprint() < as[j].Fingerprint()
+}
+
+// HasFiring returns true iff one of the alerts is not resolved.
+func (as Alerts) HasFiring() bool {
+	for _, a := range as {
+		if !a.Resolved() {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// Status returns StatusFiring iff at least one of the alerts is firing.
+func (as Alerts) Status() AlertStatus {
+	if as.HasFiring() {
+		return AlertFiring
+	}
+	return AlertResolved
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/fingerprinting.go b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/fingerprinting.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc4de41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/fingerprinting.go
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+// Fingerprint provides a hash-capable representation of a Metric.
+// For our purposes, FNV-1A 64-bit is used.
+type Fingerprint uint64
+
+// FingerprintFromString transforms a string representation into a Fingerprint.
+func FingerprintFromString(s string) (Fingerprint, error) {
+	num, err := strconv.ParseUint(s, 16, 64)
+	return Fingerprint(num), err
+}
+
+// ParseFingerprint parses the input string into a fingerprint.
+func ParseFingerprint(s string) (Fingerprint, error) {
+	num, err := strconv.ParseUint(s, 16, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return Fingerprint(num), nil
+}
+
+func (f Fingerprint) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%016x", uint64(f))
+}
+
+// Fingerprints represents a collection of Fingerprint subject to a given
+// natural sorting scheme. It implements sort.Interface.
+type Fingerprints []Fingerprint
+
+// Len implements sort.Interface.
+func (f Fingerprints) Len() int {
+	return len(f)
+}
+
+// Less implements sort.Interface.
+func (f Fingerprints) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	return f[i] < f[j]
+}
+
+// Swap implements sort.Interface.
+func (f Fingerprints) Swap(i, j int) {
+	f[i], f[j] = f[j], f[i]
+}
+
+// FingerprintSet is a set of Fingerprints.
+type FingerprintSet map[Fingerprint]struct{}
+
+// Equal returns true if both sets contain the same elements (and not more).
+func (s FingerprintSet) Equal(o FingerprintSet) bool {
+	if len(s) != len(o) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for k := range s {
+		if _, ok := o[k]; !ok {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
+
+// Intersection returns the elements contained in both sets.
+func (s FingerprintSet) Intersection(o FingerprintSet) FingerprintSet {
+	myLength, otherLength := len(s), len(o)
+	if myLength == 0 || otherLength == 0 {
+		return FingerprintSet{}
+	}
+
+	subSet := s
+	superSet := o
+
+	if otherLength < myLength {
+		subSet = o
+		superSet = s
+	}
+
+	out := FingerprintSet{}
+
+	for k := range subSet {
+		if _, ok := superSet[k]; ok {
+			out[k] = struct{}{}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return out
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/fnv.go b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/fnv.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..038fc1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/fnv.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package model
+
+// Inline and byte-free variant of hash/fnv's fnv64a.
+
+const (
+	offset64 = 14695981039346656037
+	prime64  = 1099511628211
+)
+
+// hashNew initializies a new fnv64a hash value.
+func hashNew() uint64 {
+	return offset64
+}
+
+// hashAdd adds a string to a fnv64a hash value, returning the updated hash.
+func hashAdd(h uint64, s string) uint64 {
+	for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
+		h ^= uint64(s[i])
+		h *= prime64
+	}
+	return h
+}
+
+// hashAddByte adds a byte to a fnv64a hash value, returning the updated hash.
+func hashAddByte(h uint64, b byte) uint64 {
+	h ^= uint64(b)
+	h *= prime64
+	return h
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/labels.go b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/labels.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41051a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/labels.go
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+)
+
+const (
+	// AlertNameLabel is the name of the label containing the an alert's name.
+	AlertNameLabel = "alertname"
+
+	// ExportedLabelPrefix is the prefix to prepend to the label names present in
+	// exported metrics if a label of the same name is added by the server.
+	ExportedLabelPrefix = "exported_"
+
+	// MetricNameLabel is the label name indicating the metric name of a
+	// timeseries.
+	MetricNameLabel = "__name__"
+
+	// SchemeLabel is the name of the label that holds the scheme on which to
+	// scrape a target.
+	SchemeLabel = "__scheme__"
+
+	// AddressLabel is the name of the label that holds the address of
+	// a scrape target.
+	AddressLabel = "__address__"
+
+	// MetricsPathLabel is the name of the label that holds the path on which to
+	// scrape a target.
+	MetricsPathLabel = "__metrics_path__"
+
+	// ReservedLabelPrefix is a prefix which is not legal in user-supplied
+	// label names.
+	ReservedLabelPrefix = "__"
+
+	// MetaLabelPrefix is a prefix for labels that provide meta information.
+	// Labels with this prefix are used for intermediate label processing and
+	// will not be attached to time series.
+	MetaLabelPrefix = "__meta_"
+
+	// TmpLabelPrefix is a prefix for temporary labels as part of relabelling.
+	// Labels with this prefix are used for intermediate label processing and
+	// will not be attached to time series. This is reserved for use in
+	// Prometheus configuration files by users.
+	TmpLabelPrefix = "__tmp_"
+
+	// ParamLabelPrefix is a prefix for labels that provide URL parameters
+	// used to scrape a target.
+	ParamLabelPrefix = "__param_"
+
+	// JobLabel is the label name indicating the job from which a timeseries
+	// was scraped.
+	JobLabel = "job"
+
+	// InstanceLabel is the label name used for the instance label.
+	InstanceLabel = "instance"
+
+	// BucketLabel is used for the label that defines the upper bound of a
+	// bucket of a histogram ("le" -> "less or equal").
+	BucketLabel = "le"
+
+	// QuantileLabel is used for the label that defines the quantile in a
+	// summary.
+	QuantileLabel = "quantile"
+)
+
+// LabelNameRE is a regular expression matching valid label names. Note that the
+// IsValid method of LabelName performs the same check but faster than a match
+// with this regular expression.
+var LabelNameRE = regexp.MustCompile("^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$")
+
+// A LabelName is a key for a LabelSet or Metric.  It has a value associated
+// therewith.
+type LabelName string
+
+// IsValid is true iff the label name matches the pattern of LabelNameRE. This
+// method, however, does not use LabelNameRE for the check but a much faster
+// hardcoded implementation.
+func (ln LabelName) IsValid() bool {
+	if len(ln) == 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+	for i, b := range ln {
+		if !((b >= 'a' && b <= 'z') || (b >= 'A' && b <= 'Z') || b == '_' || (b >= '0' && b <= '9' && i > 0)) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// UnmarshalYAML implements the yaml.Unmarshaler interface.
+func (ln *LabelName) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
+	var s string
+	if err := unmarshal(&s); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if !LabelName(s).IsValid() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%q is not a valid label name", s)
+	}
+	*ln = LabelName(s)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON implements the json.Unmarshaler interface.
+func (ln *LabelName) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	var s string
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &s); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if !LabelName(s).IsValid() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%q is not a valid label name", s)
+	}
+	*ln = LabelName(s)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// LabelNames is a sortable LabelName slice. In implements sort.Interface.
+type LabelNames []LabelName
+
+func (l LabelNames) Len() int {
+	return len(l)
+}
+
+func (l LabelNames) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	return l[i] < l[j]
+}
+
+func (l LabelNames) Swap(i, j int) {
+	l[i], l[j] = l[j], l[i]
+}
+
+func (l LabelNames) String() string {
+	labelStrings := make([]string, 0, len(l))
+	for _, label := range l {
+		labelStrings = append(labelStrings, string(label))
+	}
+	return strings.Join(labelStrings, ", ")
+}
+
+// A LabelValue is an associated value for a LabelName.
+type LabelValue string
+
+// IsValid returns true iff the string is a valid UTF8.
+func (lv LabelValue) IsValid() bool {
+	return utf8.ValidString(string(lv))
+}
+
+// LabelValues is a sortable LabelValue slice. It implements sort.Interface.
+type LabelValues []LabelValue
+
+func (l LabelValues) Len() int {
+	return len(l)
+}
+
+func (l LabelValues) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	return string(l[i]) < string(l[j])
+}
+
+func (l LabelValues) Swap(i, j int) {
+	l[i], l[j] = l[j], l[i]
+}
+
+// LabelPair pairs a name with a value.
+type LabelPair struct {
+	Name  LabelName
+	Value LabelValue
+}
+
+// LabelPairs is a sortable slice of LabelPair pointers. It implements
+// sort.Interface.
+type LabelPairs []*LabelPair
+
+func (l LabelPairs) Len() int {
+	return len(l)
+}
+
+func (l LabelPairs) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	switch {
+	case l[i].Name > l[j].Name:
+		return false
+	case l[i].Name < l[j].Name:
+		return true
+	case l[i].Value > l[j].Value:
+		return false
+	case l[i].Value < l[j].Value:
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+func (l LabelPairs) Swap(i, j int) {
+	l[i], l[j] = l[j], l[i]
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/labelset.go b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/labelset.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6eda08a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/labelset.go
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// A LabelSet is a collection of LabelName and LabelValue pairs.  The LabelSet
+// may be fully-qualified down to the point where it may resolve to a single
+// Metric in the data store or not.  All operations that occur within the realm
+// of a LabelSet can emit a vector of Metric entities to which the LabelSet may
+// match.
+type LabelSet map[LabelName]LabelValue
+
+// Validate checks whether all names and values in the label set
+// are valid.
+func (ls LabelSet) Validate() error {
+	for ln, lv := range ls {
+		if !ln.IsValid() {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid name %q", ln)
+		}
+		if !lv.IsValid() {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid value %q", lv)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Equal returns true iff both label sets have exactly the same key/value pairs.
+func (ls LabelSet) Equal(o LabelSet) bool {
+	if len(ls) != len(o) {
+		return false
+	}
+	for ln, lv := range ls {
+		olv, ok := o[ln]
+		if !ok {
+			return false
+		}
+		if olv != lv {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// Before compares the metrics, using the following criteria:
+//
+// If m has fewer labels than o, it is before o. If it has more, it is not.
+//
+// If the number of labels is the same, the superset of all label names is
+// sorted alphanumerically. The first differing label pair found in that order
+// determines the outcome: If the label does not exist at all in m, then m is
+// before o, and vice versa. Otherwise the label value is compared
+// alphanumerically.
+//
+// If m and o are equal, the method returns false.
+func (ls LabelSet) Before(o LabelSet) bool {
+	if len(ls) < len(o) {
+		return true
+	}
+	if len(ls) > len(o) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	lns := make(LabelNames, 0, len(ls)+len(o))
+	for ln := range ls {
+		lns = append(lns, ln)
+	}
+	for ln := range o {
+		lns = append(lns, ln)
+	}
+	// It's probably not worth it to de-dup lns.
+	sort.Sort(lns)
+	for _, ln := range lns {
+		mlv, ok := ls[ln]
+		if !ok {
+			return true
+		}
+		olv, ok := o[ln]
+		if !ok {
+			return false
+		}
+		if mlv < olv {
+			return true
+		}
+		if mlv > olv {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// Clone returns a copy of the label set.
+func (ls LabelSet) Clone() LabelSet {
+	lsn := make(LabelSet, len(ls))
+	for ln, lv := range ls {
+		lsn[ln] = lv
+	}
+	return lsn
+}
+
+// Merge is a helper function to non-destructively merge two label sets.
+func (l LabelSet) Merge(other LabelSet) LabelSet {
+	result := make(LabelSet, len(l))
+
+	for k, v := range l {
+		result[k] = v
+	}
+
+	for k, v := range other {
+		result[k] = v
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
+
+func (l LabelSet) String() string {
+	lstrs := make([]string, 0, len(l))
+	for l, v := range l {
+		lstrs = append(lstrs, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%q", l, v))
+	}
+
+	sort.Strings(lstrs)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("{%s}", strings.Join(lstrs, ", "))
+}
+
+// Fingerprint returns the LabelSet's fingerprint.
+func (ls LabelSet) Fingerprint() Fingerprint {
+	return labelSetToFingerprint(ls)
+}
+
+// FastFingerprint returns the LabelSet's Fingerprint calculated by a faster hashing
+// algorithm, which is, however, more susceptible to hash collisions.
+func (ls LabelSet) FastFingerprint() Fingerprint {
+	return labelSetToFastFingerprint(ls)
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON implements the json.Unmarshaler interface.
+func (l *LabelSet) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	var m map[LabelName]LabelValue
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &m); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// encoding/json only unmarshals maps of the form map[string]T. It treats
+	// LabelName as a string and does not call its UnmarshalJSON method.
+	// Thus, we have to replicate the behavior here.
+	for ln := range m {
+		if !ln.IsValid() {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%q is not a valid label name", ln)
+		}
+	}
+	*l = LabelSet(m)
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/metric.go b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/metric.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00804b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/metric.go
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var (
+	// MetricNameRE is a regular expression matching valid metric
+	// names. Note that the IsValidMetricName function performs the same
+	// check but faster than a match with this regular expression.
+	MetricNameRE = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-zA-Z_:][a-zA-Z0-9_:]*$`)
+)
+
+// A Metric is similar to a LabelSet, but the key difference is that a Metric is
+// a singleton and refers to one and only one stream of samples.
+type Metric LabelSet
+
+// Equal compares the metrics.
+func (m Metric) Equal(o Metric) bool {
+	return LabelSet(m).Equal(LabelSet(o))
+}
+
+// Before compares the metrics' underlying label sets.
+func (m Metric) Before(o Metric) bool {
+	return LabelSet(m).Before(LabelSet(o))
+}
+
+// Clone returns a copy of the Metric.
+func (m Metric) Clone() Metric {
+	clone := make(Metric, len(m))
+	for k, v := range m {
+		clone[k] = v
+	}
+	return clone
+}
+
+func (m Metric) String() string {
+	metricName, hasName := m[MetricNameLabel]
+	numLabels := len(m) - 1
+	if !hasName {
+		numLabels = len(m)
+	}
+	labelStrings := make([]string, 0, numLabels)
+	for label, value := range m {
+		if label != MetricNameLabel {
+			labelStrings = append(labelStrings, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%q", label, value))
+		}
+	}
+
+	switch numLabels {
+	case 0:
+		if hasName {
+			return string(metricName)
+		}
+		return "{}"
+	default:
+		sort.Strings(labelStrings)
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s{%s}", metricName, strings.Join(labelStrings, ", "))
+	}
+}
+
+// Fingerprint returns a Metric's Fingerprint.
+func (m Metric) Fingerprint() Fingerprint {
+	return LabelSet(m).Fingerprint()
+}
+
+// FastFingerprint returns a Metric's Fingerprint calculated by a faster hashing
+// algorithm, which is, however, more susceptible to hash collisions.
+func (m Metric) FastFingerprint() Fingerprint {
+	return LabelSet(m).FastFingerprint()
+}
+
+// IsValidMetricName returns true iff name matches the pattern of MetricNameRE.
+// This function, however, does not use MetricNameRE for the check but a much
+// faster hardcoded implementation.
+func IsValidMetricName(n LabelValue) bool {
+	if len(n) == 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+	for i, b := range n {
+		if !((b >= 'a' && b <= 'z') || (b >= 'A' && b <= 'Z') || b == '_' || b == ':' || (b >= '0' && b <= '9' && i > 0)) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/model.go b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/model.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7b9691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/model.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// Package model contains common data structures that are shared across
+// Prometheus components and libraries.
+package model
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/signature.go b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/signature.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8762b13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/signature.go
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"sort"
+)
+
+// SeparatorByte is a byte that cannot occur in valid UTF-8 sequences and is
+// used to separate label names, label values, and other strings from each other
+// when calculating their combined hash value (aka signature aka fingerprint).
+const SeparatorByte byte = 255
+
+var (
+	// cache the signature of an empty label set.
+	emptyLabelSignature = hashNew()
+)
+
+// LabelsToSignature returns a quasi-unique signature (i.e., fingerprint) for a
+// given label set. (Collisions are possible but unlikely if the number of label
+// sets the function is applied to is small.)
+func LabelsToSignature(labels map[string]string) uint64 {
+	if len(labels) == 0 {
+		return emptyLabelSignature
+	}
+
+	labelNames := make([]string, 0, len(labels))
+	for labelName := range labels {
+		labelNames = append(labelNames, labelName)
+	}
+	sort.Strings(labelNames)
+
+	sum := hashNew()
+	for _, labelName := range labelNames {
+		sum = hashAdd(sum, labelName)
+		sum = hashAddByte(sum, SeparatorByte)
+		sum = hashAdd(sum, labels[labelName])
+		sum = hashAddByte(sum, SeparatorByte)
+	}
+	return sum
+}
+
+// labelSetToFingerprint works exactly as LabelsToSignature but takes a LabelSet as
+// parameter (rather than a label map) and returns a Fingerprint.
+func labelSetToFingerprint(ls LabelSet) Fingerprint {
+	if len(ls) == 0 {
+		return Fingerprint(emptyLabelSignature)
+	}
+
+	labelNames := make(LabelNames, 0, len(ls))
+	for labelName := range ls {
+		labelNames = append(labelNames, labelName)
+	}
+	sort.Sort(labelNames)
+
+	sum := hashNew()
+	for _, labelName := range labelNames {
+		sum = hashAdd(sum, string(labelName))
+		sum = hashAddByte(sum, SeparatorByte)
+		sum = hashAdd(sum, string(ls[labelName]))
+		sum = hashAddByte(sum, SeparatorByte)
+	}
+	return Fingerprint(sum)
+}
+
+// labelSetToFastFingerprint works similar to labelSetToFingerprint but uses a
+// faster and less allocation-heavy hash function, which is more susceptible to
+// create hash collisions. Therefore, collision detection should be applied.
+func labelSetToFastFingerprint(ls LabelSet) Fingerprint {
+	if len(ls) == 0 {
+		return Fingerprint(emptyLabelSignature)
+	}
+
+	var result uint64
+	for labelName, labelValue := range ls {
+		sum := hashNew()
+		sum = hashAdd(sum, string(labelName))
+		sum = hashAddByte(sum, SeparatorByte)
+		sum = hashAdd(sum, string(labelValue))
+		result ^= sum
+	}
+	return Fingerprint(result)
+}
+
+// SignatureForLabels works like LabelsToSignature but takes a Metric as
+// parameter (rather than a label map) and only includes the labels with the
+// specified LabelNames into the signature calculation. The labels passed in
+// will be sorted by this function.
+func SignatureForLabels(m Metric, labels ...LabelName) uint64 {
+	if len(labels) == 0 {
+		return emptyLabelSignature
+	}
+
+	sort.Sort(LabelNames(labels))
+
+	sum := hashNew()
+	for _, label := range labels {
+		sum = hashAdd(sum, string(label))
+		sum = hashAddByte(sum, SeparatorByte)
+		sum = hashAdd(sum, string(m[label]))
+		sum = hashAddByte(sum, SeparatorByte)
+	}
+	return sum
+}
+
+// SignatureWithoutLabels works like LabelsToSignature but takes a Metric as
+// parameter (rather than a label map) and excludes the labels with any of the
+// specified LabelNames from the signature calculation.
+func SignatureWithoutLabels(m Metric, labels map[LabelName]struct{}) uint64 {
+	if len(m) == 0 {
+		return emptyLabelSignature
+	}
+
+	labelNames := make(LabelNames, 0, len(m))
+	for labelName := range m {
+		if _, exclude := labels[labelName]; !exclude {
+			labelNames = append(labelNames, labelName)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(labelNames) == 0 {
+		return emptyLabelSignature
+	}
+	sort.Sort(labelNames)
+
+	sum := hashNew()
+	for _, labelName := range labelNames {
+		sum = hashAdd(sum, string(labelName))
+		sum = hashAddByte(sum, SeparatorByte)
+		sum = hashAdd(sum, string(m[labelName]))
+		sum = hashAddByte(sum, SeparatorByte)
+	}
+	return sum
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/silence.go b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/silence.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb99889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/silence.go
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Matcher describes a matches the value of a given label.
+type Matcher struct {
+	Name    LabelName `json:"name"`
+	Value   string    `json:"value"`
+	IsRegex bool      `json:"isRegex"`
+}
+
+func (m *Matcher) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	type plain Matcher
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, (*plain)(m)); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if len(m.Name) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("label name in matcher must not be empty")
+	}
+	if m.IsRegex {
+		if _, err := regexp.Compile(m.Value); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Validate returns true iff all fields of the matcher have valid values.
+func (m *Matcher) Validate() error {
+	if !m.Name.IsValid() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid name %q", m.Name)
+	}
+	if m.IsRegex {
+		if _, err := regexp.Compile(m.Value); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid regular expression %q", m.Value)
+		}
+	} else if !LabelValue(m.Value).IsValid() || len(m.Value) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid value %q", m.Value)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Silence defines the representation of a silence definition in the Prometheus
+// eco-system.
+type Silence struct {
+	ID uint64 `json:"id,omitempty"`
+
+	Matchers []*Matcher `json:"matchers"`
+
+	StartsAt time.Time `json:"startsAt"`
+	EndsAt   time.Time `json:"endsAt"`
+
+	CreatedAt time.Time `json:"createdAt,omitempty"`
+	CreatedBy string    `json:"createdBy"`
+	Comment   string    `json:"comment,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// Validate returns true iff all fields of the silence have valid values.
+func (s *Silence) Validate() error {
+	if len(s.Matchers) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("at least one matcher required")
+	}
+	for _, m := range s.Matchers {
+		if err := m.Validate(); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid matcher: %s", err)
+		}
+	}
+	if s.StartsAt.IsZero() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("start time missing")
+	}
+	if s.EndsAt.IsZero() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("end time missing")
+	}
+	if s.EndsAt.Before(s.StartsAt) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("start time must be before end time")
+	}
+	if s.CreatedBy == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("creator information missing")
+	}
+	if s.Comment == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("comment missing")
+	}
+	if s.CreatedAt.IsZero() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("creation timestamp missing")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/time.go b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/time.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b0064f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/time.go
@@ -0,0 +1,270 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+const (
+	// MinimumTick is the minimum supported time resolution. This has to be
+	// at least time.Second in order for the code below to work.
+	minimumTick = time.Millisecond
+	// second is the Time duration equivalent to one second.
+	second = int64(time.Second / minimumTick)
+	// The number of nanoseconds per minimum tick.
+	nanosPerTick = int64(minimumTick / time.Nanosecond)
+
+	// Earliest is the earliest Time representable. Handy for
+	// initializing a high watermark.
+	Earliest = Time(math.MinInt64)
+	// Latest is the latest Time representable. Handy for initializing
+	// a low watermark.
+	Latest = Time(math.MaxInt64)
+)
+
+// Time is the number of milliseconds since the epoch
+// (1970-01-01 00:00 UTC) excluding leap seconds.
+type Time int64
+
+// Interval describes an interval between two timestamps.
+type Interval struct {
+	Start, End Time
+}
+
+// Now returns the current time as a Time.
+func Now() Time {
+	return TimeFromUnixNano(time.Now().UnixNano())
+}
+
+// TimeFromUnix returns the Time equivalent to the Unix Time t
+// provided in seconds.
+func TimeFromUnix(t int64) Time {
+	return Time(t * second)
+}
+
+// TimeFromUnixNano returns the Time equivalent to the Unix Time
+// t provided in nanoseconds.
+func TimeFromUnixNano(t int64) Time {
+	return Time(t / nanosPerTick)
+}
+
+// Equal reports whether two Times represent the same instant.
+func (t Time) Equal(o Time) bool {
+	return t == o
+}
+
+// Before reports whether the Time t is before o.
+func (t Time) Before(o Time) bool {
+	return t < o
+}
+
+// After reports whether the Time t is after o.
+func (t Time) After(o Time) bool {
+	return t > o
+}
+
+// Add returns the Time t + d.
+func (t Time) Add(d time.Duration) Time {
+	return t + Time(d/minimumTick)
+}
+
+// Sub returns the Duration t - o.
+func (t Time) Sub(o Time) time.Duration {
+	return time.Duration(t-o) * minimumTick
+}
+
+// Time returns the time.Time representation of t.
+func (t Time) Time() time.Time {
+	return time.Unix(int64(t)/second, (int64(t)%second)*nanosPerTick)
+}
+
+// Unix returns t as a Unix time, the number of seconds elapsed
+// since January 1, 1970 UTC.
+func (t Time) Unix() int64 {
+	return int64(t) / second
+}
+
+// UnixNano returns t as a Unix time, the number of nanoseconds elapsed
+// since January 1, 1970 UTC.
+func (t Time) UnixNano() int64 {
+	return int64(t) * nanosPerTick
+}
+
+// The number of digits after the dot.
+var dotPrecision = int(math.Log10(float64(second)))
+
+// String returns a string representation of the Time.
+func (t Time) String() string {
+	return strconv.FormatFloat(float64(t)/float64(second), 'f', -1, 64)
+}
+
+// MarshalJSON implements the json.Marshaler interface.
+func (t Time) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return []byte(t.String()), nil
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON implements the json.Unmarshaler interface.
+func (t *Time) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	p := strings.Split(string(b), ".")
+	switch len(p) {
+	case 1:
+		v, err := strconv.ParseInt(string(p[0]), 10, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		*t = Time(v * second)
+
+	case 2:
+		v, err := strconv.ParseInt(string(p[0]), 10, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		v *= second
+
+		prec := dotPrecision - len(p[1])
+		if prec < 0 {
+			p[1] = p[1][:dotPrecision]
+		} else if prec > 0 {
+			p[1] = p[1] + strings.Repeat("0", prec)
+		}
+
+		va, err := strconv.ParseInt(p[1], 10, 32)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// If the value was something like -0.1 the negative is lost in the
+		// parsing because of the leading zero, this ensures that we capture it.
+		if len(p[0]) > 0 && p[0][0] == '-' && v+va > 0 {
+			*t = Time(v+va) * -1
+		} else {
+			*t = Time(v + va)
+		}
+
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid time %q", string(b))
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Duration wraps time.Duration. It is used to parse the custom duration format
+// from YAML.
+// This type should not propagate beyond the scope of input/output processing.
+type Duration time.Duration
+
+// Set implements pflag/flag.Value
+func (d *Duration) Set(s string) error {
+	var err error
+	*d, err = ParseDuration(s)
+	return err
+}
+
+// Type implements pflag.Value
+func (d *Duration) Type() string {
+	return "duration"
+}
+
+var durationRE = regexp.MustCompile("^([0-9]+)(y|w|d|h|m|s|ms)$")
+
+// ParseDuration parses a string into a time.Duration, assuming that a year
+// always has 365d, a week always has 7d, and a day always has 24h.
+func ParseDuration(durationStr string) (Duration, error) {
+	matches := durationRE.FindStringSubmatch(durationStr)
+	if len(matches) != 3 {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("not a valid duration string: %q", durationStr)
+	}
+	var (
+		n, _ = strconv.Atoi(matches[1])
+		dur  = time.Duration(n) * time.Millisecond
+	)
+	switch unit := matches[2]; unit {
+	case "y":
+		dur *= 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 365
+	case "w":
+		dur *= 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 7
+	case "d":
+		dur *= 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24
+	case "h":
+		dur *= 1000 * 60 * 60
+	case "m":
+		dur *= 1000 * 60
+	case "s":
+		dur *= 1000
+	case "ms":
+		// Value already correct
+	default:
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("invalid time unit in duration string: %q", unit)
+	}
+	return Duration(dur), nil
+}
+
+func (d Duration) String() string {
+	var (
+		ms   = int64(time.Duration(d) / time.Millisecond)
+		unit = "ms"
+	)
+	if ms == 0 {
+		return "0s"
+	}
+	factors := map[string]int64{
+		"y":  1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 365,
+		"w":  1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 7,
+		"d":  1000 * 60 * 60 * 24,
+		"h":  1000 * 60 * 60,
+		"m":  1000 * 60,
+		"s":  1000,
+		"ms": 1,
+	}
+
+	switch int64(0) {
+	case ms % factors["y"]:
+		unit = "y"
+	case ms % factors["w"]:
+		unit = "w"
+	case ms % factors["d"]:
+		unit = "d"
+	case ms % factors["h"]:
+		unit = "h"
+	case ms % factors["m"]:
+		unit = "m"
+	case ms % factors["s"]:
+		unit = "s"
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%v%v", ms/factors[unit], unit)
+}
+
+// MarshalYAML implements the yaml.Marshaler interface.
+func (d Duration) MarshalYAML() (interface{}, error) {
+	return d.String(), nil
+}
+
+// UnmarshalYAML implements the yaml.Unmarshaler interface.
+func (d *Duration) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
+	var s string
+	if err := unmarshal(&s); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	dur, err := ParseDuration(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	*d = dur
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/value.go b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/value.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9d8fb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/value.go
@@ -0,0 +1,416 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+	"sort"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var (
+	// ZeroSamplePair is the pseudo zero-value of SamplePair used to signal a
+	// non-existing sample pair. It is a SamplePair with timestamp Earliest and
+	// value 0.0. Note that the natural zero value of SamplePair has a timestamp
+	// of 0, which is possible to appear in a real SamplePair and thus not
+	// suitable to signal a non-existing SamplePair.
+	ZeroSamplePair = SamplePair{Timestamp: Earliest}
+
+	// ZeroSample is the pseudo zero-value of Sample used to signal a
+	// non-existing sample. It is a Sample with timestamp Earliest, value 0.0,
+	// and metric nil. Note that the natural zero value of Sample has a timestamp
+	// of 0, which is possible to appear in a real Sample and thus not suitable
+	// to signal a non-existing Sample.
+	ZeroSample = Sample{Timestamp: Earliest}
+)
+
+// A SampleValue is a representation of a value for a given sample at a given
+// time.
+type SampleValue float64
+
+// MarshalJSON implements json.Marshaler.
+func (v SampleValue) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal(v.String())
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON implements json.Unmarshaler.
+func (v *SampleValue) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	if len(b) < 2 || b[0] != '"' || b[len(b)-1] != '"' {
+		return fmt.Errorf("sample value must be a quoted string")
+	}
+	f, err := strconv.ParseFloat(string(b[1:len(b)-1]), 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	*v = SampleValue(f)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Equal returns true if the value of v and o is equal or if both are NaN. Note
+// that v==o is false if both are NaN. If you want the conventional float
+// behavior, use == to compare two SampleValues.
+func (v SampleValue) Equal(o SampleValue) bool {
+	if v == o {
+		return true
+	}
+	return math.IsNaN(float64(v)) && math.IsNaN(float64(o))
+}
+
+func (v SampleValue) String() string {
+	return strconv.FormatFloat(float64(v), 'f', -1, 64)
+}
+
+// SamplePair pairs a SampleValue with a Timestamp.
+type SamplePair struct {
+	Timestamp Time
+	Value     SampleValue
+}
+
+// MarshalJSON implements json.Marshaler.
+func (s SamplePair) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	t, err := json.Marshal(s.Timestamp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	v, err := json.Marshal(s.Value)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return []byte(fmt.Sprintf("[%s,%s]", t, v)), nil
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON implements json.Unmarshaler.
+func (s *SamplePair) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	v := [...]json.Unmarshaler{&s.Timestamp, &s.Value}
+	return json.Unmarshal(b, &v)
+}
+
+// Equal returns true if this SamplePair and o have equal Values and equal
+// Timestamps. The semantics of Value equality is defined by SampleValue.Equal.
+func (s *SamplePair) Equal(o *SamplePair) bool {
+	return s == o || (s.Value.Equal(o.Value) && s.Timestamp.Equal(o.Timestamp))
+}
+
+func (s SamplePair) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s @[%s]", s.Value, s.Timestamp)
+}
+
+// Sample is a sample pair associated with a metric.
+type Sample struct {
+	Metric    Metric      `json:"metric"`
+	Value     SampleValue `json:"value"`
+	Timestamp Time        `json:"timestamp"`
+}
+
+// Equal compares first the metrics, then the timestamp, then the value. The
+// semantics of value equality is defined by SampleValue.Equal.
+func (s *Sample) Equal(o *Sample) bool {
+	if s == o {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	if !s.Metric.Equal(o.Metric) {
+		return false
+	}
+	if !s.Timestamp.Equal(o.Timestamp) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return s.Value.Equal(o.Value)
+}
+
+func (s Sample) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s => %s", s.Metric, SamplePair{
+		Timestamp: s.Timestamp,
+		Value:     s.Value,
+	})
+}
+
+// MarshalJSON implements json.Marshaler.
+func (s Sample) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	v := struct {
+		Metric Metric     `json:"metric"`
+		Value  SamplePair `json:"value"`
+	}{
+		Metric: s.Metric,
+		Value: SamplePair{
+			Timestamp: s.Timestamp,
+			Value:     s.Value,
+		},
+	}
+
+	return json.Marshal(&v)
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON implements json.Unmarshaler.
+func (s *Sample) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	v := struct {
+		Metric Metric     `json:"metric"`
+		Value  SamplePair `json:"value"`
+	}{
+		Metric: s.Metric,
+		Value: SamplePair{
+			Timestamp: s.Timestamp,
+			Value:     s.Value,
+		},
+	}
+
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &v); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	s.Metric = v.Metric
+	s.Timestamp = v.Value.Timestamp
+	s.Value = v.Value.Value
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Samples is a sortable Sample slice. It implements sort.Interface.
+type Samples []*Sample
+
+func (s Samples) Len() int {
+	return len(s)
+}
+
+// Less compares first the metrics, then the timestamp.
+func (s Samples) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	switch {
+	case s[i].Metric.Before(s[j].Metric):
+		return true
+	case s[j].Metric.Before(s[i].Metric):
+		return false
+	case s[i].Timestamp.Before(s[j].Timestamp):
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+func (s Samples) Swap(i, j int) {
+	s[i], s[j] = s[j], s[i]
+}
+
+// Equal compares two sets of samples and returns true if they are equal.
+func (s Samples) Equal(o Samples) bool {
+	if len(s) != len(o) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for i, sample := range s {
+		if !sample.Equal(o[i]) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// SampleStream is a stream of Values belonging to an attached COWMetric.
+type SampleStream struct {
+	Metric Metric       `json:"metric"`
+	Values []SamplePair `json:"values"`
+}
+
+func (ss SampleStream) String() string {
+	vals := make([]string, len(ss.Values))
+	for i, v := range ss.Values {
+		vals[i] = v.String()
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s =>\n%s", ss.Metric, strings.Join(vals, "\n"))
+}
+
+// Value is a generic interface for values resulting from a query evaluation.
+type Value interface {
+	Type() ValueType
+	String() string
+}
+
+func (Matrix) Type() ValueType  { return ValMatrix }
+func (Vector) Type() ValueType  { return ValVector }
+func (*Scalar) Type() ValueType { return ValScalar }
+func (*String) Type() ValueType { return ValString }
+
+type ValueType int
+
+const (
+	ValNone ValueType = iota
+	ValScalar
+	ValVector
+	ValMatrix
+	ValString
+)
+
+// MarshalJSON implements json.Marshaler.
+func (et ValueType) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal(et.String())
+}
+
+func (et *ValueType) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	var s string
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &s); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	switch s {
+	case "<ValNone>":
+		*et = ValNone
+	case "scalar":
+		*et = ValScalar
+	case "vector":
+		*et = ValVector
+	case "matrix":
+		*et = ValMatrix
+	case "string":
+		*et = ValString
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("unknown value type %q", s)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (e ValueType) String() string {
+	switch e {
+	case ValNone:
+		return "<ValNone>"
+	case ValScalar:
+		return "scalar"
+	case ValVector:
+		return "vector"
+	case ValMatrix:
+		return "matrix"
+	case ValString:
+		return "string"
+	}
+	panic("ValueType.String: unhandled value type")
+}
+
+// Scalar is a scalar value evaluated at the set timestamp.
+type Scalar struct {
+	Value     SampleValue `json:"value"`
+	Timestamp Time        `json:"timestamp"`
+}
+
+func (s Scalar) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("scalar: %v @[%v]", s.Value, s.Timestamp)
+}
+
+// MarshalJSON implements json.Marshaler.
+func (s Scalar) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	v := strconv.FormatFloat(float64(s.Value), 'f', -1, 64)
+	return json.Marshal([...]interface{}{s.Timestamp, string(v)})
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON implements json.Unmarshaler.
+func (s *Scalar) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	var f string
+	v := [...]interface{}{&s.Timestamp, &f}
+
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &v); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	value, err := strconv.ParseFloat(f, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error parsing sample value: %s", err)
+	}
+	s.Value = SampleValue(value)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// String is a string value evaluated at the set timestamp.
+type String struct {
+	Value     string `json:"value"`
+	Timestamp Time   `json:"timestamp"`
+}
+
+func (s *String) String() string {
+	return s.Value
+}
+
+// MarshalJSON implements json.Marshaler.
+func (s String) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal([]interface{}{s.Timestamp, s.Value})
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON implements json.Unmarshaler.
+func (s *String) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	v := [...]interface{}{&s.Timestamp, &s.Value}
+	return json.Unmarshal(b, &v)
+}
+
+// Vector is basically only an alias for Samples, but the
+// contract is that in a Vector, all Samples have the same timestamp.
+type Vector []*Sample
+
+func (vec Vector) String() string {
+	entries := make([]string, len(vec))
+	for i, s := range vec {
+		entries[i] = s.String()
+	}
+	return strings.Join(entries, "\n")
+}
+
+func (vec Vector) Len() int      { return len(vec) }
+func (vec Vector) Swap(i, j int) { vec[i], vec[j] = vec[j], vec[i] }
+
+// Less compares first the metrics, then the timestamp.
+func (vec Vector) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	switch {
+	case vec[i].Metric.Before(vec[j].Metric):
+		return true
+	case vec[j].Metric.Before(vec[i].Metric):
+		return false
+	case vec[i].Timestamp.Before(vec[j].Timestamp):
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+// Equal compares two sets of samples and returns true if they are equal.
+func (vec Vector) Equal(o Vector) bool {
+	if len(vec) != len(o) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for i, sample := range vec {
+		if !sample.Equal(o[i]) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// Matrix is a list of time series.
+type Matrix []*SampleStream
+
+func (m Matrix) Len() int           { return len(m) }
+func (m Matrix) Less(i, j int) bool { return m[i].Metric.Before(m[j].Metric) }
+func (m Matrix) Swap(i, j int)      { m[i], m[j] = m[j], m[i] }
+
+func (mat Matrix) String() string {
+	matCp := make(Matrix, len(mat))
+	copy(matCp, mat)
+	sort.Sort(matCp)
+
+	strs := make([]string, len(matCp))
+
+	for i, ss := range matCp {
+		strs[i] = ss.String()
+	}
+
+	return strings.Join(strs, "\n")
+}