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# &lt;init&gt;

`StringMetricType(disabled: `[`Boolean`](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html)`, category: `[`String`](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)`, lifetime: `[`Lifetime`](../-lifetime/index.md)`, name: `[`String`](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)`, sendInPings: `[`List`](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.collections/-list/index.html)`<`[`String`](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)`>)`

This implements the developer facing API for recording string metrics.

Instances of this class type are automatically generated by the parsers at build time,
allowing developers to record values that were previously registered in the metrics.yaml file.

The string API only exposes the [set](set.md) method, which takes care of validating the input
data and making sure that limits are enforced.

