@@ -41,5 +41,14 @@ namespace OpenTelemetry.Metrics
         public virtual Aggregation Aggregation { get; set; }
 
         // TODO: MetricPoints caps can be configured here
+
+        private sealed class DropConfiguration : MetricStreamConfiguration
+        {
+            public override Aggregation Aggregation
+            {
+                get => Aggregation.Drop;
+                set { }
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
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namespace OpenTelemetry.Metrics
{
    // TODO: can be optimized like MetricType
    public enum Aggregation
    {
#pragma warning disable SA1602 // Enumeration items should be documented
        Default,
        Drop,
        Sum,
        LastValue,
        Histogram,
#pragma warning restore SA1602 // Enumeration items should be documented
    }

    public class MetricStreamConfiguration
    {
        public static readonly MetricStreamConfiguration Drop = new DropConfiguration();

        public string Name { get; set; }

        public string Description { get; set; }

        public string[] TagKeys { get; set; }

        public virtual Aggregation Aggregation { get; set; }

        // TODO: MetricPoints caps can be configured here
    }
}

A good thinking. I like it. There's just a test that needs fixing that asserts an exception is thrown.