Codahale Metrics: using @Timed metrics annotation in plain Java

Question

I am trying to add metrics to a plain Java application using codahale metrics. I\'d like to use the @Timed annotation, but it is unclear to me which MetricRegistry it uses,

Answer 1

Using @Timed doesn't actually require the use of AOP, as was previously claimed in the top-rated answer, if you're inside a container and using one of Dropwizard's instrumentation libraries. See the Jersey 2.x module for example, which you can see uses reflection (as do the others I looked at), if you read the source.

You can read up on all of these modules in the Dropwizard docs under the corresponding "Instrumenting ____" bullets.

I understand the OP was explicitly NOT working within such a container, but I wanted to offer this info, since many of us looking for this answer may be working on a modern web service that can register such resources in its runtime environment.