This update provides:
1)  workaround around the build failures. In
summary, it forces the download of some packages during the build
process.
2) update the set of packages that should go inside the vendor
directory
3) Update the dockerfile to use go 1.10

Change-Id: I2bfd090ce0f25b0c10aa214755ae2da7e5384d60
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/alert.go b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/alert.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35e739c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/alert.go
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type AlertStatus string
+
+const (
+	AlertFiring   AlertStatus = "firing"
+	AlertResolved AlertStatus = "resolved"
+)
+
+// Alert is a generic representation of an alert in the Prometheus eco-system.
+type Alert struct {
+	// Label value pairs for purpose of aggregation, matching, and disposition
+	// dispatching. This must minimally include an "alertname" label.
+	Labels LabelSet `json:"labels"`
+
+	// Extra key/value information which does not define alert identity.
+	Annotations LabelSet `json:"annotations"`
+
+	// The known time range for this alert. Both ends are optional.
+	StartsAt     time.Time `json:"startsAt,omitempty"`
+	EndsAt       time.Time `json:"endsAt,omitempty"`
+	GeneratorURL string    `json:"generatorURL"`
+}
+
+// Name returns the name of the alert. It is equivalent to the "alertname" label.
+func (a *Alert) Name() string {
+	return string(a.Labels[AlertNameLabel])
+}
+
+// Fingerprint returns a unique hash for the alert. It is equivalent to
+// the fingerprint of the alert's label set.
+func (a *Alert) Fingerprint() Fingerprint {
+	return a.Labels.Fingerprint()
+}
+
+func (a *Alert) String() string {
+	s := fmt.Sprintf("%s[%s]", a.Name(), a.Fingerprint().String()[:7])
+	if a.Resolved() {
+		return s + "[resolved]"
+	}
+	return s + "[active]"
+}
+
+// Resolved returns true iff the activity interval ended in the past.
+func (a *Alert) Resolved() bool {
+	return a.ResolvedAt(time.Now())
+}
+
+// ResolvedAt returns true off the activity interval ended before
+// the given timestamp.
+func (a *Alert) ResolvedAt(ts time.Time) bool {
+	if a.EndsAt.IsZero() {
+		return false
+	}
+	return !a.EndsAt.After(ts)
+}
+
+// Status returns the status of the alert.
+func (a *Alert) Status() AlertStatus {
+	if a.Resolved() {
+		return AlertResolved
+	}
+	return AlertFiring
+}
+
+// Validate checks whether the alert data is inconsistent.
+func (a *Alert) Validate() error {
+	if a.StartsAt.IsZero() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("start time missing")
+	}
+	if !a.EndsAt.IsZero() && a.EndsAt.Before(a.StartsAt) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("start time must be before end time")
+	}
+	if err := a.Labels.Validate(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid label set: %s", err)
+	}
+	if len(a.Labels) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("at least one label pair required")
+	}
+	if err := a.Annotations.Validate(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid annotations: %s", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Alert is a list of alerts that can be sorted in chronological order.
+type Alerts []*Alert
+
+func (as Alerts) Len() int      { return len(as) }
+func (as Alerts) Swap(i, j int) { as[i], as[j] = as[j], as[i] }
+
+func (as Alerts) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	if as[i].StartsAt.Before(as[j].StartsAt) {
+		return true
+	}
+	if as[i].EndsAt.Before(as[j].EndsAt) {
+		return true
+	}
+	return as[i].Fingerprint() < as[j].Fingerprint()
+}
+
+// HasFiring returns true iff one of the alerts is not resolved.
+func (as Alerts) HasFiring() bool {
+	for _, a := range as {
+		if !a.Resolved() {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// Status returns StatusFiring iff at least one of the alerts is firing.
+func (as Alerts) Status() AlertStatus {
+	if as.HasFiring() {
+		return AlertFiring
+	}
+	return AlertResolved
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/fingerprinting.go b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/fingerprinting.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc4de41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/fingerprinting.go
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+// Fingerprint provides a hash-capable representation of a Metric.
+// For our purposes, FNV-1A 64-bit is used.
+type Fingerprint uint64
+
+// FingerprintFromString transforms a string representation into a Fingerprint.
+func FingerprintFromString(s string) (Fingerprint, error) {
+	num, err := strconv.ParseUint(s, 16, 64)
+	return Fingerprint(num), err
+}
+
+// ParseFingerprint parses the input string into a fingerprint.
+func ParseFingerprint(s string) (Fingerprint, error) {
+	num, err := strconv.ParseUint(s, 16, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return Fingerprint(num), nil
+}
+
+func (f Fingerprint) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%016x", uint64(f))
+}
+
+// Fingerprints represents a collection of Fingerprint subject to a given
+// natural sorting scheme. It implements sort.Interface.
+type Fingerprints []Fingerprint
+
+// Len implements sort.Interface.
+func (f Fingerprints) Len() int {
+	return len(f)
+}
+
+// Less implements sort.Interface.
+func (f Fingerprints) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	return f[i] < f[j]
+}
+
+// Swap implements sort.Interface.
+func (f Fingerprints) Swap(i, j int) {
+	f[i], f[j] = f[j], f[i]
+}
+
+// FingerprintSet is a set of Fingerprints.
+type FingerprintSet map[Fingerprint]struct{}
+
+// Equal returns true if both sets contain the same elements (and not more).
+func (s FingerprintSet) Equal(o FingerprintSet) bool {
+	if len(s) != len(o) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for k := range s {
+		if _, ok := o[k]; !ok {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
+
+// Intersection returns the elements contained in both sets.
+func (s FingerprintSet) Intersection(o FingerprintSet) FingerprintSet {
+	myLength, otherLength := len(s), len(o)
+	if myLength == 0 || otherLength == 0 {
+		return FingerprintSet{}
+	}
+
+	subSet := s
+	superSet := o
+
+	if otherLength < myLength {
+		subSet = o
+		superSet = s
+	}
+
+	out := FingerprintSet{}
+
+	for k := range subSet {
+		if _, ok := superSet[k]; ok {
+			out[k] = struct{}{}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return out
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/fnv.go b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/fnv.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..038fc1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/fnv.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package model
+
+// Inline and byte-free variant of hash/fnv's fnv64a.
+
+const (
+	offset64 = 14695981039346656037
+	prime64  = 1099511628211
+)
+
+// hashNew initializies a new fnv64a hash value.
+func hashNew() uint64 {
+	return offset64
+}
+
+// hashAdd adds a string to a fnv64a hash value, returning the updated hash.
+func hashAdd(h uint64, s string) uint64 {
+	for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
+		h ^= uint64(s[i])
+		h *= prime64
+	}
+	return h
+}
+
+// hashAddByte adds a byte to a fnv64a hash value, returning the updated hash.
+func hashAddByte(h uint64, b byte) uint64 {
+	h ^= uint64(b)
+	h *= prime64
+	return h
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/labels.go b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/labels.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41051a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/labels.go
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+)
+
+const (
+	// AlertNameLabel is the name of the label containing the an alert's name.
+	AlertNameLabel = "alertname"
+
+	// ExportedLabelPrefix is the prefix to prepend to the label names present in
+	// exported metrics if a label of the same name is added by the server.
+	ExportedLabelPrefix = "exported_"
+
+	// MetricNameLabel is the label name indicating the metric name of a
+	// timeseries.
+	MetricNameLabel = "__name__"
+
+	// SchemeLabel is the name of the label that holds the scheme on which to
+	// scrape a target.
+	SchemeLabel = "__scheme__"
+
+	// AddressLabel is the name of the label that holds the address of
+	// a scrape target.
+	AddressLabel = "__address__"
+
+	// MetricsPathLabel is the name of the label that holds the path on which to
+	// scrape a target.
+	MetricsPathLabel = "__metrics_path__"
+
+	// ReservedLabelPrefix is a prefix which is not legal in user-supplied
+	// label names.
+	ReservedLabelPrefix = "__"
+
+	// MetaLabelPrefix is a prefix for labels that provide meta information.
+	// Labels with this prefix are used for intermediate label processing and
+	// will not be attached to time series.
+	MetaLabelPrefix = "__meta_"
+
+	// TmpLabelPrefix is a prefix for temporary labels as part of relabelling.
+	// Labels with this prefix are used for intermediate label processing and
+	// will not be attached to time series. This is reserved for use in
+	// Prometheus configuration files by users.
+	TmpLabelPrefix = "__tmp_"
+
+	// ParamLabelPrefix is a prefix for labels that provide URL parameters
+	// used to scrape a target.
+	ParamLabelPrefix = "__param_"
+
+	// JobLabel is the label name indicating the job from which a timeseries
+	// was scraped.
+	JobLabel = "job"
+
+	// InstanceLabel is the label name used for the instance label.
+	InstanceLabel = "instance"
+
+	// BucketLabel is used for the label that defines the upper bound of a
+	// bucket of a histogram ("le" -> "less or equal").
+	BucketLabel = "le"
+
+	// QuantileLabel is used for the label that defines the quantile in a
+	// summary.
+	QuantileLabel = "quantile"
+)
+
+// LabelNameRE is a regular expression matching valid label names. Note that the
+// IsValid method of LabelName performs the same check but faster than a match
+// with this regular expression.
+var LabelNameRE = regexp.MustCompile("^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$")
+
+// A LabelName is a key for a LabelSet or Metric.  It has a value associated
+// therewith.
+type LabelName string
+
+// IsValid is true iff the label name matches the pattern of LabelNameRE. This
+// method, however, does not use LabelNameRE for the check but a much faster
+// hardcoded implementation.
+func (ln LabelName) IsValid() bool {
+	if len(ln) == 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+	for i, b := range ln {
+		if !((b >= 'a' && b <= 'z') || (b >= 'A' && b <= 'Z') || b == '_' || (b >= '0' && b <= '9' && i > 0)) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// UnmarshalYAML implements the yaml.Unmarshaler interface.
+func (ln *LabelName) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
+	var s string
+	if err := unmarshal(&s); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if !LabelName(s).IsValid() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%q is not a valid label name", s)
+	}
+	*ln = LabelName(s)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON implements the json.Unmarshaler interface.
+func (ln *LabelName) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	var s string
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &s); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if !LabelName(s).IsValid() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%q is not a valid label name", s)
+	}
+	*ln = LabelName(s)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// LabelNames is a sortable LabelName slice. In implements sort.Interface.
+type LabelNames []LabelName
+
+func (l LabelNames) Len() int {
+	return len(l)
+}
+
+func (l LabelNames) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	return l[i] < l[j]
+}
+
+func (l LabelNames) Swap(i, j int) {
+	l[i], l[j] = l[j], l[i]
+}
+
+func (l LabelNames) String() string {
+	labelStrings := make([]string, 0, len(l))
+	for _, label := range l {
+		labelStrings = append(labelStrings, string(label))
+	}
+	return strings.Join(labelStrings, ", ")
+}
+
+// A LabelValue is an associated value for a LabelName.
+type LabelValue string
+
+// IsValid returns true iff the string is a valid UTF8.
+func (lv LabelValue) IsValid() bool {
+	return utf8.ValidString(string(lv))
+}
+
+// LabelValues is a sortable LabelValue slice. It implements sort.Interface.
+type LabelValues []LabelValue
+
+func (l LabelValues) Len() int {
+	return len(l)
+}
+
+func (l LabelValues) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	return string(l[i]) < string(l[j])
+}
+
+func (l LabelValues) Swap(i, j int) {
+	l[i], l[j] = l[j], l[i]
+}
+
+// LabelPair pairs a name with a value.
+type LabelPair struct {
+	Name  LabelName
+	Value LabelValue
+}
+
+// LabelPairs is a sortable slice of LabelPair pointers. It implements
+// sort.Interface.
+type LabelPairs []*LabelPair
+
+func (l LabelPairs) Len() int {
+	return len(l)
+}
+
+func (l LabelPairs) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	switch {
+	case l[i].Name > l[j].Name:
+		return false
+	case l[i].Name < l[j].Name:
+		return true
+	case l[i].Value > l[j].Value:
+		return false
+	case l[i].Value < l[j].Value:
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+func (l LabelPairs) Swap(i, j int) {
+	l[i], l[j] = l[j], l[i]
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/labelset.go b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/labelset.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6eda08a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/labelset.go
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// A LabelSet is a collection of LabelName and LabelValue pairs.  The LabelSet
+// may be fully-qualified down to the point where it may resolve to a single
+// Metric in the data store or not.  All operations that occur within the realm
+// of a LabelSet can emit a vector of Metric entities to which the LabelSet may
+// match.
+type LabelSet map[LabelName]LabelValue
+
+// Validate checks whether all names and values in the label set
+// are valid.
+func (ls LabelSet) Validate() error {
+	for ln, lv := range ls {
+		if !ln.IsValid() {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid name %q", ln)
+		}
+		if !lv.IsValid() {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid value %q", lv)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Equal returns true iff both label sets have exactly the same key/value pairs.
+func (ls LabelSet) Equal(o LabelSet) bool {
+	if len(ls) != len(o) {
+		return false
+	}
+	for ln, lv := range ls {
+		olv, ok := o[ln]
+		if !ok {
+			return false
+		}
+		if olv != lv {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// Before compares the metrics, using the following criteria:
+//
+// If m has fewer labels than o, it is before o. If it has more, it is not.
+//
+// If the number of labels is the same, the superset of all label names is
+// sorted alphanumerically. The first differing label pair found in that order
+// determines the outcome: If the label does not exist at all in m, then m is
+// before o, and vice versa. Otherwise the label value is compared
+// alphanumerically.
+//
+// If m and o are equal, the method returns false.
+func (ls LabelSet) Before(o LabelSet) bool {
+	if len(ls) < len(o) {
+		return true
+	}
+	if len(ls) > len(o) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	lns := make(LabelNames, 0, len(ls)+len(o))
+	for ln := range ls {
+		lns = append(lns, ln)
+	}
+	for ln := range o {
+		lns = append(lns, ln)
+	}
+	// It's probably not worth it to de-dup lns.
+	sort.Sort(lns)
+	for _, ln := range lns {
+		mlv, ok := ls[ln]
+		if !ok {
+			return true
+		}
+		olv, ok := o[ln]
+		if !ok {
+			return false
+		}
+		if mlv < olv {
+			return true
+		}
+		if mlv > olv {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// Clone returns a copy of the label set.
+func (ls LabelSet) Clone() LabelSet {
+	lsn := make(LabelSet, len(ls))
+	for ln, lv := range ls {
+		lsn[ln] = lv
+	}
+	return lsn
+}
+
+// Merge is a helper function to non-destructively merge two label sets.
+func (l LabelSet) Merge(other LabelSet) LabelSet {
+	result := make(LabelSet, len(l))
+
+	for k, v := range l {
+		result[k] = v
+	}
+
+	for k, v := range other {
+		result[k] = v
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
+
+func (l LabelSet) String() string {
+	lstrs := make([]string, 0, len(l))
+	for l, v := range l {
+		lstrs = append(lstrs, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%q", l, v))
+	}
+
+	sort.Strings(lstrs)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("{%s}", strings.Join(lstrs, ", "))
+}
+
+// Fingerprint returns the LabelSet's fingerprint.
+func (ls LabelSet) Fingerprint() Fingerprint {
+	return labelSetToFingerprint(ls)
+}
+
+// FastFingerprint returns the LabelSet's Fingerprint calculated by a faster hashing
+// algorithm, which is, however, more susceptible to hash collisions.
+func (ls LabelSet) FastFingerprint() Fingerprint {
+	return labelSetToFastFingerprint(ls)
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON implements the json.Unmarshaler interface.
+func (l *LabelSet) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	var m map[LabelName]LabelValue
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &m); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// encoding/json only unmarshals maps of the form map[string]T. It treats
+	// LabelName as a string and does not call its UnmarshalJSON method.
+	// Thus, we have to replicate the behavior here.
+	for ln := range m {
+		if !ln.IsValid() {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%q is not a valid label name", ln)
+		}
+	}
+	*l = LabelSet(m)
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/metric.go b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/metric.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00804b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/metric.go
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var (
+	// MetricNameRE is a regular expression matching valid metric
+	// names. Note that the IsValidMetricName function performs the same
+	// check but faster than a match with this regular expression.
+	MetricNameRE = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-zA-Z_:][a-zA-Z0-9_:]*$`)
+)
+
+// A Metric is similar to a LabelSet, but the key difference is that a Metric is
+// a singleton and refers to one and only one stream of samples.
+type Metric LabelSet
+
+// Equal compares the metrics.
+func (m Metric) Equal(o Metric) bool {
+	return LabelSet(m).Equal(LabelSet(o))
+}
+
+// Before compares the metrics' underlying label sets.
+func (m Metric) Before(o Metric) bool {
+	return LabelSet(m).Before(LabelSet(o))
+}
+
+// Clone returns a copy of the Metric.
+func (m Metric) Clone() Metric {
+	clone := make(Metric, len(m))
+	for k, v := range m {
+		clone[k] = v
+	}
+	return clone
+}
+
+func (m Metric) String() string {
+	metricName, hasName := m[MetricNameLabel]
+	numLabels := len(m) - 1
+	if !hasName {
+		numLabels = len(m)
+	}
+	labelStrings := make([]string, 0, numLabels)
+	for label, value := range m {
+		if label != MetricNameLabel {
+			labelStrings = append(labelStrings, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%q", label, value))
+		}
+	}
+
+	switch numLabels {
+	case 0:
+		if hasName {
+			return string(metricName)
+		}
+		return "{}"
+	default:
+		sort.Strings(labelStrings)
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s{%s}", metricName, strings.Join(labelStrings, ", "))
+	}
+}
+
+// Fingerprint returns a Metric's Fingerprint.
+func (m Metric) Fingerprint() Fingerprint {
+	return LabelSet(m).Fingerprint()
+}
+
+// FastFingerprint returns a Metric's Fingerprint calculated by a faster hashing
+// algorithm, which is, however, more susceptible to hash collisions.
+func (m Metric) FastFingerprint() Fingerprint {
+	return LabelSet(m).FastFingerprint()
+}
+
+// IsValidMetricName returns true iff name matches the pattern of MetricNameRE.
+// This function, however, does not use MetricNameRE for the check but a much
+// faster hardcoded implementation.
+func IsValidMetricName(n LabelValue) bool {
+	if len(n) == 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+	for i, b := range n {
+		if !((b >= 'a' && b <= 'z') || (b >= 'A' && b <= 'Z') || b == '_' || b == ':' || (b >= '0' && b <= '9' && i > 0)) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/model.go b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/model.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7b9691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/model.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// Package model contains common data structures that are shared across
+// Prometheus components and libraries.
+package model
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/signature.go b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/signature.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8762b13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/signature.go
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"sort"
+)
+
+// SeparatorByte is a byte that cannot occur in valid UTF-8 sequences and is
+// used to separate label names, label values, and other strings from each other
+// when calculating their combined hash value (aka signature aka fingerprint).
+const SeparatorByte byte = 255
+
+var (
+	// cache the signature of an empty label set.
+	emptyLabelSignature = hashNew()
+)
+
+// LabelsToSignature returns a quasi-unique signature (i.e., fingerprint) for a
+// given label set. (Collisions are possible but unlikely if the number of label
+// sets the function is applied to is small.)
+func LabelsToSignature(labels map[string]string) uint64 {
+	if len(labels) == 0 {
+		return emptyLabelSignature
+	}
+
+	labelNames := make([]string, 0, len(labels))
+	for labelName := range labels {
+		labelNames = append(labelNames, labelName)
+	}
+	sort.Strings(labelNames)
+
+	sum := hashNew()
+	for _, labelName := range labelNames {
+		sum = hashAdd(sum, labelName)
+		sum = hashAddByte(sum, SeparatorByte)
+		sum = hashAdd(sum, labels[labelName])
+		sum = hashAddByte(sum, SeparatorByte)
+	}
+	return sum
+}
+
+// labelSetToFingerprint works exactly as LabelsToSignature but takes a LabelSet as
+// parameter (rather than a label map) and returns a Fingerprint.
+func labelSetToFingerprint(ls LabelSet) Fingerprint {
+	if len(ls) == 0 {
+		return Fingerprint(emptyLabelSignature)
+	}
+
+	labelNames := make(LabelNames, 0, len(ls))
+	for labelName := range ls {
+		labelNames = append(labelNames, labelName)
+	}
+	sort.Sort(labelNames)
+
+	sum := hashNew()
+	for _, labelName := range labelNames {
+		sum = hashAdd(sum, string(labelName))
+		sum = hashAddByte(sum, SeparatorByte)
+		sum = hashAdd(sum, string(ls[labelName]))
+		sum = hashAddByte(sum, SeparatorByte)
+	}
+	return Fingerprint(sum)
+}
+
+// labelSetToFastFingerprint works similar to labelSetToFingerprint but uses a
+// faster and less allocation-heavy hash function, which is more susceptible to
+// create hash collisions. Therefore, collision detection should be applied.
+func labelSetToFastFingerprint(ls LabelSet) Fingerprint {
+	if len(ls) == 0 {
+		return Fingerprint(emptyLabelSignature)
+	}
+
+	var result uint64
+	for labelName, labelValue := range ls {
+		sum := hashNew()
+		sum = hashAdd(sum, string(labelName))
+		sum = hashAddByte(sum, SeparatorByte)
+		sum = hashAdd(sum, string(labelValue))
+		result ^= sum
+	}
+	return Fingerprint(result)
+}
+
+// SignatureForLabels works like LabelsToSignature but takes a Metric as
+// parameter (rather than a label map) and only includes the labels with the
+// specified LabelNames into the signature calculation. The labels passed in
+// will be sorted by this function.
+func SignatureForLabels(m Metric, labels ...LabelName) uint64 {
+	if len(labels) == 0 {
+		return emptyLabelSignature
+	}
+
+	sort.Sort(LabelNames(labels))
+
+	sum := hashNew()
+	for _, label := range labels {
+		sum = hashAdd(sum, string(label))
+		sum = hashAddByte(sum, SeparatorByte)
+		sum = hashAdd(sum, string(m[label]))
+		sum = hashAddByte(sum, SeparatorByte)
+	}
+	return sum
+}
+
+// SignatureWithoutLabels works like LabelsToSignature but takes a Metric as
+// parameter (rather than a label map) and excludes the labels with any of the
+// specified LabelNames from the signature calculation.
+func SignatureWithoutLabels(m Metric, labels map[LabelName]struct{}) uint64 {
+	if len(m) == 0 {
+		return emptyLabelSignature
+	}
+
+	labelNames := make(LabelNames, 0, len(m))
+	for labelName := range m {
+		if _, exclude := labels[labelName]; !exclude {
+			labelNames = append(labelNames, labelName)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(labelNames) == 0 {
+		return emptyLabelSignature
+	}
+	sort.Sort(labelNames)
+
+	sum := hashNew()
+	for _, labelName := range labelNames {
+		sum = hashAdd(sum, string(labelName))
+		sum = hashAddByte(sum, SeparatorByte)
+		sum = hashAdd(sum, string(m[labelName]))
+		sum = hashAddByte(sum, SeparatorByte)
+	}
+	return sum
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/silence.go b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/silence.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb99889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/silence.go
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Matcher describes a matches the value of a given label.
+type Matcher struct {
+	Name    LabelName `json:"name"`
+	Value   string    `json:"value"`
+	IsRegex bool      `json:"isRegex"`
+}
+
+func (m *Matcher) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	type plain Matcher
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, (*plain)(m)); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if len(m.Name) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("label name in matcher must not be empty")
+	}
+	if m.IsRegex {
+		if _, err := regexp.Compile(m.Value); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Validate returns true iff all fields of the matcher have valid values.
+func (m *Matcher) Validate() error {
+	if !m.Name.IsValid() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid name %q", m.Name)
+	}
+	if m.IsRegex {
+		if _, err := regexp.Compile(m.Value); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid regular expression %q", m.Value)
+		}
+	} else if !LabelValue(m.Value).IsValid() || len(m.Value) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid value %q", m.Value)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Silence defines the representation of a silence definition in the Prometheus
+// eco-system.
+type Silence struct {
+	ID uint64 `json:"id,omitempty"`
+
+	Matchers []*Matcher `json:"matchers"`
+
+	StartsAt time.Time `json:"startsAt"`
+	EndsAt   time.Time `json:"endsAt"`
+
+	CreatedAt time.Time `json:"createdAt,omitempty"`
+	CreatedBy string    `json:"createdBy"`
+	Comment   string    `json:"comment,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// Validate returns true iff all fields of the silence have valid values.
+func (s *Silence) Validate() error {
+	if len(s.Matchers) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("at least one matcher required")
+	}
+	for _, m := range s.Matchers {
+		if err := m.Validate(); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid matcher: %s", err)
+		}
+	}
+	if s.StartsAt.IsZero() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("start time missing")
+	}
+	if s.EndsAt.IsZero() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("end time missing")
+	}
+	if s.EndsAt.Before(s.StartsAt) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("start time must be before end time")
+	}
+	if s.CreatedBy == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("creator information missing")
+	}
+	if s.Comment == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("comment missing")
+	}
+	if s.CreatedAt.IsZero() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("creation timestamp missing")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/time.go b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/time.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46259b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/time.go
@@ -0,0 +1,264 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+const (
+	// MinimumTick is the minimum supported time resolution. This has to be
+	// at least time.Second in order for the code below to work.
+	minimumTick = time.Millisecond
+	// second is the Time duration equivalent to one second.
+	second = int64(time.Second / minimumTick)
+	// The number of nanoseconds per minimum tick.
+	nanosPerTick = int64(minimumTick / time.Nanosecond)
+
+	// Earliest is the earliest Time representable. Handy for
+	// initializing a high watermark.
+	Earliest = Time(math.MinInt64)
+	// Latest is the latest Time representable. Handy for initializing
+	// a low watermark.
+	Latest = Time(math.MaxInt64)
+)
+
+// Time is the number of milliseconds since the epoch
+// (1970-01-01 00:00 UTC) excluding leap seconds.
+type Time int64
+
+// Interval describes an interval between two timestamps.
+type Interval struct {
+	Start, End Time
+}
+
+// Now returns the current time as a Time.
+func Now() Time {
+	return TimeFromUnixNano(time.Now().UnixNano())
+}
+
+// TimeFromUnix returns the Time equivalent to the Unix Time t
+// provided in seconds.
+func TimeFromUnix(t int64) Time {
+	return Time(t * second)
+}
+
+// TimeFromUnixNano returns the Time equivalent to the Unix Time
+// t provided in nanoseconds.
+func TimeFromUnixNano(t int64) Time {
+	return Time(t / nanosPerTick)
+}
+
+// Equal reports whether two Times represent the same instant.
+func (t Time) Equal(o Time) bool {
+	return t == o
+}
+
+// Before reports whether the Time t is before o.
+func (t Time) Before(o Time) bool {
+	return t < o
+}
+
+// After reports whether the Time t is after o.
+func (t Time) After(o Time) bool {
+	return t > o
+}
+
+// Add returns the Time t + d.
+func (t Time) Add(d time.Duration) Time {
+	return t + Time(d/minimumTick)
+}
+
+// Sub returns the Duration t - o.
+func (t Time) Sub(o Time) time.Duration {
+	return time.Duration(t-o) * minimumTick
+}
+
+// Time returns the time.Time representation of t.
+func (t Time) Time() time.Time {
+	return time.Unix(int64(t)/second, (int64(t)%second)*nanosPerTick)
+}
+
+// Unix returns t as a Unix time, the number of seconds elapsed
+// since January 1, 1970 UTC.
+func (t Time) Unix() int64 {
+	return int64(t) / second
+}
+
+// UnixNano returns t as a Unix time, the number of nanoseconds elapsed
+// since January 1, 1970 UTC.
+func (t Time) UnixNano() int64 {
+	return int64(t) * nanosPerTick
+}
+
+// The number of digits after the dot.
+var dotPrecision = int(math.Log10(float64(second)))
+
+// String returns a string representation of the Time.
+func (t Time) String() string {
+	return strconv.FormatFloat(float64(t)/float64(second), 'f', -1, 64)
+}
+
+// MarshalJSON implements the json.Marshaler interface.
+func (t Time) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return []byte(t.String()), nil
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON implements the json.Unmarshaler interface.
+func (t *Time) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	p := strings.Split(string(b), ".")
+	switch len(p) {
+	case 1:
+		v, err := strconv.ParseInt(string(p[0]), 10, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		*t = Time(v * second)
+
+	case 2:
+		v, err := strconv.ParseInt(string(p[0]), 10, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		v *= second
+
+		prec := dotPrecision - len(p[1])
+		if prec < 0 {
+			p[1] = p[1][:dotPrecision]
+		} else if prec > 0 {
+			p[1] = p[1] + strings.Repeat("0", prec)
+		}
+
+		va, err := strconv.ParseInt(p[1], 10, 32)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		*t = Time(v + va)
+
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid time %q", string(b))
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Duration wraps time.Duration. It is used to parse the custom duration format
+// from YAML.
+// This type should not propagate beyond the scope of input/output processing.
+type Duration time.Duration
+
+// Set implements pflag/flag.Value
+func (d *Duration) Set(s string) error {
+	var err error
+	*d, err = ParseDuration(s)
+	return err
+}
+
+// Type implements pflag.Value
+func (d *Duration) Type() string {
+	return "duration"
+}
+
+var durationRE = regexp.MustCompile("^([0-9]+)(y|w|d|h|m|s|ms)$")
+
+// ParseDuration parses a string into a time.Duration, assuming that a year
+// always has 365d, a week always has 7d, and a day always has 24h.
+func ParseDuration(durationStr string) (Duration, error) {
+	matches := durationRE.FindStringSubmatch(durationStr)
+	if len(matches) != 3 {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("not a valid duration string: %q", durationStr)
+	}
+	var (
+		n, _ = strconv.Atoi(matches[1])
+		dur  = time.Duration(n) * time.Millisecond
+	)
+	switch unit := matches[2]; unit {
+	case "y":
+		dur *= 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 365
+	case "w":
+		dur *= 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 7
+	case "d":
+		dur *= 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24
+	case "h":
+		dur *= 1000 * 60 * 60
+	case "m":
+		dur *= 1000 * 60
+	case "s":
+		dur *= 1000
+	case "ms":
+		// Value already correct
+	default:
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("invalid time unit in duration string: %q", unit)
+	}
+	return Duration(dur), nil
+}
+
+func (d Duration) String() string {
+	var (
+		ms   = int64(time.Duration(d) / time.Millisecond)
+		unit = "ms"
+	)
+	if ms == 0 {
+		return "0s"
+	}
+	factors := map[string]int64{
+		"y":  1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 365,
+		"w":  1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 7,
+		"d":  1000 * 60 * 60 * 24,
+		"h":  1000 * 60 * 60,
+		"m":  1000 * 60,
+		"s":  1000,
+		"ms": 1,
+	}
+
+	switch int64(0) {
+	case ms % factors["y"]:
+		unit = "y"
+	case ms % factors["w"]:
+		unit = "w"
+	case ms % factors["d"]:
+		unit = "d"
+	case ms % factors["h"]:
+		unit = "h"
+	case ms % factors["m"]:
+		unit = "m"
+	case ms % factors["s"]:
+		unit = "s"
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%v%v", ms/factors[unit], unit)
+}
+
+// MarshalYAML implements the yaml.Marshaler interface.
+func (d Duration) MarshalYAML() (interface{}, error) {
+	return d.String(), nil
+}
+
+// UnmarshalYAML implements the yaml.Unmarshaler interface.
+func (d *Duration) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
+	var s string
+	if err := unmarshal(&s); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	dur, err := ParseDuration(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	*d = dur
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/value.go b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/value.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9d8fb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model/value.go
@@ -0,0 +1,416 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+	"sort"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var (
+	// ZeroSamplePair is the pseudo zero-value of SamplePair used to signal a
+	// non-existing sample pair. It is a SamplePair with timestamp Earliest and
+	// value 0.0. Note that the natural zero value of SamplePair has a timestamp
+	// of 0, which is possible to appear in a real SamplePair and thus not
+	// suitable to signal a non-existing SamplePair.
+	ZeroSamplePair = SamplePair{Timestamp: Earliest}
+
+	// ZeroSample is the pseudo zero-value of Sample used to signal a
+	// non-existing sample. It is a Sample with timestamp Earliest, value 0.0,
+	// and metric nil. Note that the natural zero value of Sample has a timestamp
+	// of 0, which is possible to appear in a real Sample and thus not suitable
+	// to signal a non-existing Sample.
+	ZeroSample = Sample{Timestamp: Earliest}
+)
+
+// A SampleValue is a representation of a value for a given sample at a given
+// time.
+type SampleValue float64
+
+// MarshalJSON implements json.Marshaler.
+func (v SampleValue) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal(v.String())
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON implements json.Unmarshaler.
+func (v *SampleValue) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	if len(b) < 2 || b[0] != '"' || b[len(b)-1] != '"' {
+		return fmt.Errorf("sample value must be a quoted string")
+	}
+	f, err := strconv.ParseFloat(string(b[1:len(b)-1]), 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	*v = SampleValue(f)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Equal returns true if the value of v and o is equal or if both are NaN. Note
+// that v==o is false if both are NaN. If you want the conventional float
+// behavior, use == to compare two SampleValues.
+func (v SampleValue) Equal(o SampleValue) bool {
+	if v == o {
+		return true
+	}
+	return math.IsNaN(float64(v)) && math.IsNaN(float64(o))
+}
+
+func (v SampleValue) String() string {
+	return strconv.FormatFloat(float64(v), 'f', -1, 64)
+}
+
+// SamplePair pairs a SampleValue with a Timestamp.
+type SamplePair struct {
+	Timestamp Time
+	Value     SampleValue
+}
+
+// MarshalJSON implements json.Marshaler.
+func (s SamplePair) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	t, err := json.Marshal(s.Timestamp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	v, err := json.Marshal(s.Value)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return []byte(fmt.Sprintf("[%s,%s]", t, v)), nil
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON implements json.Unmarshaler.
+func (s *SamplePair) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	v := [...]json.Unmarshaler{&s.Timestamp, &s.Value}
+	return json.Unmarshal(b, &v)
+}
+
+// Equal returns true if this SamplePair and o have equal Values and equal
+// Timestamps. The semantics of Value equality is defined by SampleValue.Equal.
+func (s *SamplePair) Equal(o *SamplePair) bool {
+	return s == o || (s.Value.Equal(o.Value) && s.Timestamp.Equal(o.Timestamp))
+}
+
+func (s SamplePair) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s @[%s]", s.Value, s.Timestamp)
+}
+
+// Sample is a sample pair associated with a metric.
+type Sample struct {
+	Metric    Metric      `json:"metric"`
+	Value     SampleValue `json:"value"`
+	Timestamp Time        `json:"timestamp"`
+}
+
+// Equal compares first the metrics, then the timestamp, then the value. The
+// semantics of value equality is defined by SampleValue.Equal.
+func (s *Sample) Equal(o *Sample) bool {
+	if s == o {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	if !s.Metric.Equal(o.Metric) {
+		return false
+	}
+	if !s.Timestamp.Equal(o.Timestamp) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return s.Value.Equal(o.Value)
+}
+
+func (s Sample) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s => %s", s.Metric, SamplePair{
+		Timestamp: s.Timestamp,
+		Value:     s.Value,
+	})
+}
+
+// MarshalJSON implements json.Marshaler.
+func (s Sample) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	v := struct {
+		Metric Metric     `json:"metric"`
+		Value  SamplePair `json:"value"`
+	}{
+		Metric: s.Metric,
+		Value: SamplePair{
+			Timestamp: s.Timestamp,
+			Value:     s.Value,
+		},
+	}
+
+	return json.Marshal(&v)
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON implements json.Unmarshaler.
+func (s *Sample) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	v := struct {
+		Metric Metric     `json:"metric"`
+		Value  SamplePair `json:"value"`
+	}{
+		Metric: s.Metric,
+		Value: SamplePair{
+			Timestamp: s.Timestamp,
+			Value:     s.Value,
+		},
+	}
+
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &v); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	s.Metric = v.Metric
+	s.Timestamp = v.Value.Timestamp
+	s.Value = v.Value.Value
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Samples is a sortable Sample slice. It implements sort.Interface.
+type Samples []*Sample
+
+func (s Samples) Len() int {
+	return len(s)
+}
+
+// Less compares first the metrics, then the timestamp.
+func (s Samples) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	switch {
+	case s[i].Metric.Before(s[j].Metric):
+		return true
+	case s[j].Metric.Before(s[i].Metric):
+		return false
+	case s[i].Timestamp.Before(s[j].Timestamp):
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+func (s Samples) Swap(i, j int) {
+	s[i], s[j] = s[j], s[i]
+}
+
+// Equal compares two sets of samples and returns true if they are equal.
+func (s Samples) Equal(o Samples) bool {
+	if len(s) != len(o) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for i, sample := range s {
+		if !sample.Equal(o[i]) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// SampleStream is a stream of Values belonging to an attached COWMetric.
+type SampleStream struct {
+	Metric Metric       `json:"metric"`
+	Values []SamplePair `json:"values"`
+}
+
+func (ss SampleStream) String() string {
+	vals := make([]string, len(ss.Values))
+	for i, v := range ss.Values {
+		vals[i] = v.String()
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s =>\n%s", ss.Metric, strings.Join(vals, "\n"))
+}
+
+// Value is a generic interface for values resulting from a query evaluation.
+type Value interface {
+	Type() ValueType
+	String() string
+}
+
+func (Matrix) Type() ValueType  { return ValMatrix }
+func (Vector) Type() ValueType  { return ValVector }
+func (*Scalar) Type() ValueType { return ValScalar }
+func (*String) Type() ValueType { return ValString }
+
+type ValueType int
+
+const (
+	ValNone ValueType = iota
+	ValScalar
+	ValVector
+	ValMatrix
+	ValString
+)
+
+// MarshalJSON implements json.Marshaler.
+func (et ValueType) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal(et.String())
+}
+
+func (et *ValueType) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	var s string
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &s); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	switch s {
+	case "<ValNone>":
+		*et = ValNone
+	case "scalar":
+		*et = ValScalar
+	case "vector":
+		*et = ValVector
+	case "matrix":
+		*et = ValMatrix
+	case "string":
+		*et = ValString
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("unknown value type %q", s)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (e ValueType) String() string {
+	switch e {
+	case ValNone:
+		return "<ValNone>"
+	case ValScalar:
+		return "scalar"
+	case ValVector:
+		return "vector"
+	case ValMatrix:
+		return "matrix"
+	case ValString:
+		return "string"
+	}
+	panic("ValueType.String: unhandled value type")
+}
+
+// Scalar is a scalar value evaluated at the set timestamp.
+type Scalar struct {
+	Value     SampleValue `json:"value"`
+	Timestamp Time        `json:"timestamp"`
+}
+
+func (s Scalar) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("scalar: %v @[%v]", s.Value, s.Timestamp)
+}
+
+// MarshalJSON implements json.Marshaler.
+func (s Scalar) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	v := strconv.FormatFloat(float64(s.Value), 'f', -1, 64)
+	return json.Marshal([...]interface{}{s.Timestamp, string(v)})
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON implements json.Unmarshaler.
+func (s *Scalar) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	var f string
+	v := [...]interface{}{&s.Timestamp, &f}
+
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &v); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	value, err := strconv.ParseFloat(f, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error parsing sample value: %s", err)
+	}
+	s.Value = SampleValue(value)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// String is a string value evaluated at the set timestamp.
+type String struct {
+	Value     string `json:"value"`
+	Timestamp Time   `json:"timestamp"`
+}
+
+func (s *String) String() string {
+	return s.Value
+}
+
+// MarshalJSON implements json.Marshaler.
+func (s String) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal([]interface{}{s.Timestamp, s.Value})
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON implements json.Unmarshaler.
+func (s *String) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	v := [...]interface{}{&s.Timestamp, &s.Value}
+	return json.Unmarshal(b, &v)
+}
+
+// Vector is basically only an alias for Samples, but the
+// contract is that in a Vector, all Samples have the same timestamp.
+type Vector []*Sample
+
+func (vec Vector) String() string {
+	entries := make([]string, len(vec))
+	for i, s := range vec {
+		entries[i] = s.String()
+	}
+	return strings.Join(entries, "\n")
+}
+
+func (vec Vector) Len() int      { return len(vec) }
+func (vec Vector) Swap(i, j int) { vec[i], vec[j] = vec[j], vec[i] }
+
+// Less compares first the metrics, then the timestamp.
+func (vec Vector) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	switch {
+	case vec[i].Metric.Before(vec[j].Metric):
+		return true
+	case vec[j].Metric.Before(vec[i].Metric):
+		return false
+	case vec[i].Timestamp.Before(vec[j].Timestamp):
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+// Equal compares two sets of samples and returns true if they are equal.
+func (vec Vector) Equal(o Vector) bool {
+	if len(vec) != len(o) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for i, sample := range vec {
+		if !sample.Equal(o[i]) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// Matrix is a list of time series.
+type Matrix []*SampleStream
+
+func (m Matrix) Len() int           { return len(m) }
+func (m Matrix) Less(i, j int) bool { return m[i].Metric.Before(m[j].Metric) }
+func (m Matrix) Swap(i, j int)      { m[i], m[j] = m[j], m[i] }
+
+func (mat Matrix) String() string {
+	matCp := make(Matrix, len(mat))
+	copy(matCp, mat)
+	sort.Sort(matCp)
+
+	strs := make([]string, len(matCp))
+
+	for i, ss := range matCp {
+		strs[i] = ss.String()
+	}
+
+	return strings.Join(strs, "\n")
+}