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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.Nullable;
+import javax.annotation.concurrent.Immutable;
+
+/**
+ * The value of a {@code Label} associated with a {@code TimeSeries}.
+ *
+ * @since 0.15
+ */
+@ExperimentalApi
+@Immutable
+@AutoValue
+public abstract class LabelValue {
+
+  LabelValue() {}
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a {@link LabelValue}.
+   *
+   * @param value the value of a {@code Label}. {@code null} value indicates an unset {@code
+   *     LabelValue}.
+   * @return a {@code LabelValue}.
+   * @since 0.17
+   */
+  public static LabelValue create(@Nullable String value) {
+    return new AutoValue_LabelValue(value);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the value of this {@link LabelValue}. Returns {@code null} if the value is unset and
+   * supposed to be ignored.
+   *
+   * @return the value.
+   * @since 0.17
+   */
+  @Nullable
+  public abstract String getValue();
+}