[receiver/statsd] allow customizing metric_type
attribute name
#40339
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Description
Currently the receiver allows annotating the
metric_type
by settingenable_metric_type
totrue
. This attribute might be in use by an application and should be customizable.This PR introduces a new
metric_type_attribute
which allows using a custom attribute name for users that may be already be usingmetric_type
for their metrics.Link to tracking issue
No tracking issue
Testing
Added a couple of test cases which validate the attribute is set to the custom name, the case where the attribute is unset is already thoroughly tested.
Documentation
Documented the new
metric_type_attribute
in the README.me