Counter (Quartz Enterprise Job Scheduler 2.5.1 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

SampledCounter, SampledRateCounter

All Known Implementing Classes:

CounterImpl, SampledCounterImpl, SampledRateCounterImpl
```
public interface Counter
```
A simple counter

Since:

1.8

Author:

Abhishek Sanoujam

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`long`	`decrement()`	Decrement the counter by 1
`long`	`decrement(long amount)`	Decrement the counter by given amount
`long`	`getAndSet(long newValue)`	Returns the value of the counter and sets it to the new value
`long`	`getValue()`	Gets current value of the counter
`long`	`increment()`	Increment the counter by 1
`long`	`increment(long amount)`	Increment the counter by given amount
`void`	`setValue(long newValue)`	Sets the value of the counter to the supplied value

- Method Detail
  - increment
```
long increment()
```
    Increment the counter by 1
    
    Returns:
    
    the value after incrementing
  - decrement
```
long decrement()
```
    Decrement the counter by 1
    
    Returns:
    
    the value after decrementing
  - getAndSet
```
long getAndSet(long newValue)
```
    Returns the value of the counter and sets it to the new value
    
    Parameters:
    
    newValue -
    
    Returns:
    
    Returns the old value
  - getValue
```
long getValue()
```
    Gets current value of the counter
    
    Returns:
    
    current value of the counter
  - increment
```
long increment(long amount)
```
    Increment the counter by given amount
    
    Parameters:
    
    amount -
    
    Returns:
    
    the value of the counter after incrementing
  - decrement
```
long decrement(long amount)
```
    Decrement the counter by given amount
    
    Parameters:
    
    amount -
    
    Returns:
    
    the value of the counter after decrementing
  - setValue
```
void setValue(long newValue)
```
    Sets the value of the counter to the supplied value
    
    Parameters:
    
    newValue -