GCounter (Debezium Core 1.8.1.Final API)

All Superinterfaces:

Count, GCount

All Known Subinterfaces:

DeltaCounter, PNCounter

All Known Implementing Classes:

StateBasedGCounter, StateBasedPNCounter, StateBasedPNDeltaCounter
```
@NotThreadSafe
public interface GCounter
extends GCount
```
A simple grow-only counter that maintains a single changing value by tracking the positive changes to the value. It is inspired by the conflict-free replicated data type (CRDT) G Counter.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`long`	`getAndIncrement()`	Increment the counter and get the result.
`GCounter`	`increment()`	Increment the counter and get the result.
`long`	`incrementAndGet()`	Increment the counter and get the result.
`GCounter`	`merge(Count other)`	Merge the supplied counter into this counter.

Methods inherited from interface io.debezium.crdt.Count
get

Methods inherited from interface io.debezium.crdt.GCount
getIncrement

- Method Detail
  - increment
```
GCounter increment()
```
    Increment the counter and get the result.
    
    Returns:
    
    this instance so methods can be chained together; never null
  - incrementAndGet
```
long incrementAndGet()
```
    Increment the counter and get the result.
    
    Returns:
    
    the current result after incrementing
  - getAndIncrement
```
long getAndIncrement()
```
    Increment the counter and get the result.
    
    Returns:
    
    the current result before incrementing
  - merge
```
GCounter merge(Count other)
```
    Merge the supplied counter into this counter.
    
    Parameters:
    
    other - the other counter to merge into this one; may be null
    
    Returns:
    
    this counter so that methods can be chained