Counter (container-core 7.567.26 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.yahoo.metrics.simple.Counter

```
public class Counter
extends Object
```
A counter metric. Create a counter by declaring it with MetricReceiver.declareCounter(String) or MetricReceiver.declareCounter(String, Point).

Author:

steinar

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`add()`	Increase the dimension-less/zero-point value of this counter by 1.
`void`	`add(long n)`	Add to the dimension-less/zero-point value of this counter.
`void`	`add(long n, Point p)`	Add to this metric at the given point.
`void`	`add(Point p)`	Increase this metric at the given point by 1.
`PointBuilder`	`builder()`	Create a PointBuilder with default dimension values as given when this counter was declared.

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

- Method Detail
  - add
```
public void add()
```
    Increase the dimension-less/zero-point value of this counter by 1.
  - add
```
public void add(long n)
```
    Add to the dimension-less/zero-point value of this counter.
    
    Parameters:
    
    n - the amount by which to increase this counter
  - add
```
public void add(Point p)
```
    Increase this metric at the given point by 1.
    
    Parameters:
    
    p - the point in the metric space at which to increase this metric by 1
  - add
```
public void add(long n,
                Point p)
```
    Add to this metric at the given point.
    
    Parameters:
    
    n - the amount by which to increase this counter
    
    p - the point in the metric space at which to add to the metric
  - builder
```
public PointBuilder builder()
```
    Create a PointBuilder with default dimension values as given when this counter was declared.
    
    Returns:
    
    a PointBuilder reflecting the default dimension values of this counter