Counter.java

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package org.jcoderz.commons.statistics;

/**
 * This class implements a simple counter that can be incremented and
 * decremented.
 * The class is thread-safe.
 *
 * @author Albrecht Messner
 */
public class Counter
   implements Resettable
{
   private final String mName;

   /** Stores the counter's value. */
   private long mCounter = 0;

   /**
    * Constructor.
    * @param name the counter's name
    */
   public Counter (String name)
   {
      mName = name;
   }
   /**
    * Increment the counter by one.
    * @return the incremented counter value
    */
   public synchronized long increment ()
   {
      mCounter++;
      return mCounter;
   }

   /**
    * Decrement the counter by one.
    * @return the decremented counter value
    */
   public synchronized long decrement ()
   {
      mCounter--;
      return mCounter;
   }

   /**
    * Returns the current value of the counter.
    * @return the current value of the counter.
    */
   public synchronized long getCount ()
   {
      return mCounter;
   }

   /** {@inheritDoc} */
   public synchronized void reset ()
   {
      mCounter = 0;
   }

   /**
    * @return Returns the name.
    */
   public String getName ()
   {
      return mName;
   }

   /** {@inheritDoc} */
   public String toString ()
   {
      return "[Counter: mName=" + getName() + ", mCounter=" + getCount() + "]";
   }
}