Class Counter

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.manchester.spinnaker.utils.Counter

public final class Counter
extends Object

Thin wrapper around an int for counting.

This allows the object to be final and therefore passed into inner classes.

This is not thread safe.

Author:

Christian-B

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Counter()	Create a counter starting at zero.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	add(int other)	Add any amount to the counter.
int	get()	Retrieve the current value.
void	increment()	Add one to the count.

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Counter

public Counter()

Create a counter starting at zero.

Method Details

increment

public void increment()

Add one to the count.

add

public void add(int other)

Add any amount to the counter.

Could also be used to add a negative number.

Parameters:

other - int values by which to change the counter.

get

public int get()

Retrieve the current value.

Returns:

The current counter value.