docs: public final Deferred<Object> sinkDataPoint(final String metric, 
        final long timestamp, final byte[] value, final Map<String, String> tags, 
        final byte[] tsuid, final short flags) {
      if ((flags & Const.FLAG_FLOAT) != 0x0) {
        return publishDataPoint(metric, timestamp, 
            Internal.extractFloatingPointValue(value, 0, (byte) flags), 
            tags, tsuid);
      } else {
        return publishDataPoint(metric, timestamp, 
            Internal.extractIntegerValue(value, 0, (byte) flags), tags, tsuid);
      }
    }