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 */
 
package org.jnode.vm.objects;


/**
 * @author Ewout Prangsma (epr@users.sourceforge.net)
 */
public final class SynchronizedCounter extends Statistic {
    private int counter;

    public SynchronizedCounter(String name) {
        super(name, null);
    }

    public SynchronizedCounter(String name, String description) {
        super(name, description);
    }

    /**
     * Gets the counter of this statistic
     *
     * @return the counter
     */
    public int get() {
        return counter;
    }

    public Object getValue() {
        return counter;
    }

    /**
     * Increment the counter of this statistic by 1.
     */
    public synchronized void inc() {
        counter++;
    }

    /**
     * Convert to a String representation
     *
     * @return String
     * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
     */
    public String toString() {
        return getName() + '=' + counter;
    }
}