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Class ninja.xset.Counter

java.lang.Object
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public class Counter

extends Object

implements Serializable

Counter()

Counter() ** Constructor method, creates new counter variable

Counter(long)

Counter(long) ** Constructor method starting with an initial value.

currCount()

long currCount() ** Get the current counter without incrementing the value Useful for getting the number of counter values given out

getNextCount()

long getNextCount() ** Method to return a new counter value.

reset()

void reset() ** Resets the counter value to 0

setValue(long)

 public Counter()

Counter() ** Constructor method, creates new counter variable

 public Counter(long initialValue)

Counter(long) ** Constructor method starting with an initial value. This is useful for recovering to a previous state and creating a counter with the correct sequence #. It will not accept a negative initial value, and sets the value to 0 in that case.

 public synchronized long getNextCount()

long getNextCount() ** Method to return a new counter value. It also internally increments the value after making a copy of the current counter for being returned.

Returns:

The next counter value

 public long currCount()

long currCount() ** Get the current counter without incrementing the value Useful for getting the number of counter values given out

Returns:

The number of counter values given out = next new value

 public synchronized void reset()

void reset() ** Resets the counter value to 0

 public synchronized void setValue(long newValue)

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