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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018, OpenCensus 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 io.opencensus.metrics;
+
+import com.google.auto.value.AutoValue;
+import io.opencensus.common.ExperimentalApi;
+import javax.annotation.concurrent.Immutable;
+
+/**
+ * The key of a {@code Label} associated with a {@code MetricDescriptor}.
+ *
+ * @since 0.15
+ */
+@ExperimentalApi
+@Immutable
+@AutoValue
+public abstract class LabelKey {
+
+  LabelKey() {}
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a {@link LabelKey}.
+   *
+   * @param key the key of a {@code Label}.
+   * @param description a human-readable description of what this label key represents.
+   * @return a {@code LabelKey}.
+   * @since 0.17
+   */
+  public static LabelKey create(String key, String description) {
+    return new AutoValue_LabelKey(key, description);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the key of this {@link LabelKey}.
+   *
+   * @return the key.
+   * @since 0.17
+   */
+  public abstract String getKey();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the description of this {@link LabelKey}.
+   *
+   * @return the description.
+   * @since 0.17
+   */
+  public abstract String getDescription();
+}