Create a histogram serialization mechanism in components/metrics

components/metrics/chromeos/useraction_sample.h

+// Copyright 2014 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#ifndef COMPONENTS_METRICS_CHROMEOS_USERACTION_SAMPLE_H_
+#define COMPONENTS_METRICS_CHROMEOS_USERACTION_SAMPLE_H_
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include "base/compiler_specific.h"
+#include "base/memory/scoped_ptr.h"
+#include "components/metrics/chromeos/metric_sample.h"
+
+namespace metrics {
+
+// Represent a logged action.
+// This class is meant to be used to serialize and deserialize samples to
+// send them from ChromeOS to Chrome.
+class UserActionSample : public MetricSample {
+ public:
+  explicit UserActionSample(const std::string& action);
+  virtual ~UserActionSample();
+
+  // Return a serialized version of the sample on the format:
+  // useraction\0|name_|\0
+  virtual std::string ToString() const OVERRIDE;
+
+  // Deserialize a sample passed as a string.
+  // Returns a UserActionSample if the deserialization is successful and NULL
+  // otherwise.
+  static scoped_ptr<UserActionSample> ReadUserAction(
+      const std::string& action);
+
+ private:
+  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(UserActionSample);
+};
+
+}  // namespace metrics
+
+#endif  // COMPONENTS_METRICS_CHROMEOS_USERACTION_SAMPLE_H_