Counter (Metrics Core 4.1.2 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.codahale.metrics.Counter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Counting, Metric
```
public class Counter
extends Object
implements Metric, Counting
```
An incrementing and decrementing counter metric.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Counter()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`dec()`	Decrement the counter by one.
`void`	`dec(long n)`	Decrement the counter by `n`.
`long`	`getCount()`	Returns the counter's current value.
`void`	`inc()`	Increment the counter by one.
`void`	`inc(long n)`	Increment the counter by `n`.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Counter
```
public Counter()
```
- Method Detail
  - inc
```
public void inc()
```
    Increment the counter by one.
  - inc
```
public void inc(long n)
```
    Increment the counter by n.
    
    Parameters:
    
    n - the amount by which the counter will be increased
  - dec
```
public void dec()
```
    Decrement the counter by one.
  - dec
```
public void dec(long n)
```
    Decrement the counter by n.
    
    Parameters:
    
    n - the amount by which the counter will be decreased
  - getCount
```
public long getCount()
```
    Returns the counter's current value.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getCount in interface Counting
    
    Returns:
    
    the counter's current value