Create a histogram serialization mechanism in components/metrics

base/metrics/linearhistogram_sample.h

+// Copyright (c) 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 BASE_METRICS_LINEARHISTOGRAM_SAMPLE_H
+#define BASE_METRICS_LINEARHISTOGRAM_SAMPLE_H
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include "base/base_export.h"
+#include "base/metrics/metric_sample.h"
+
+namespace base {
+class BASE_EXPORT LinearHistogramSample : public MetricSample {
+ public:
+  LinearHistogramSample(const std::string& histname, int sample, int max);
+  virtual ~LinearHistogramSample();
+  int sample();
+  int max();
+  string toString() const;
+
+  // static
+  static LinearHistogramSample* ReadLinearHistogram(
+      const std::string& serialized_histogram);
+
+ protected:
+  int max_, sample_;
+};
+}  // namespace base
+#endif  // BASE_METRICS_LINEARHISTOGRAM_SAMPLE_H