sonarqube/archetypes/sonar-basic-plugin/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/java/SampleMetrics.java

#set( $symbol_pound = '#' )
#set( $symbol_dollar = '$' )
#set( $symbol_escape = '\' )
package ${package};

import org.sonar.api.measures.Metrics;
import org.sonar.api.measures.Metric;
import org.sonar.api.measures.CoreMetrics;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Arrays;

public class SampleMetrics implements Metrics {

  public static final Metric MESSAGE = new Metric("message_key", "Message",
    "This is a metric to store a well known message", Metric.ValueType.STRING, -1, false,
    CoreMetrics.DOMAIN_GENERAL);


  public static final Metric RANDOM = new Metric("random", "Random",
    "Random value", Metric.ValueType.FLOAT, Metric.DIRECTION_BETTER, false,
    CoreMetrics.DOMAIN_GENERAL);

  // getMetrics() method is defined in the Metrics interface and is used by
  // Sonar to retrieve the list of new Metric
  public List<Metric> getMetrics() {
    return Arrays.asList(MESSAGE, RANDOM);
  }
}