@Override
  public String getDescription() {
    return description;
  }
Creates a new description of a statistic.

@param name The name of the statistic (for example, <code>"numDatabaseLookups"</code>)
@param typeCode The type of the statistic. This must be either <code>int.class</code>,
       <code>long.class</code>, or <code>double.class</code>.
@param description A description of the statistic (for example, <code>"The
       number of database lookups"</code>
@param unit The units that this statistic is measure in (for example,
       <code>"milliseconds"</code>)
@param isCounter Is this statistic a counter? That is, does its value change monotonically
       (always increases or always decreases)?
@param isLargerBetter True if larger values indicate better performance.

@throws IllegalArgumentException <code>type</code> is not one of <code>int.class</code>,
        <code>long.class</code>, or <code>double.class</code>.
geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/internal/statistics/StatisticDescriptorImpl.java