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 * and Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 which accompany this distribution.
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 * and the Eclipse Distribution License is available at
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package org.eclipse.collections.impl;

import java.io.Externalizable;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInput;
import java.io.ObjectOutput;

import org.eclipse.collections.api.block.function.primitive.IntFunction;

A Counter can be used to increment and return an integer count. A Counter can be used in Anonymous inner classes if it is declared final, unlike an int, which once declared final cannot be modified.
/** * A Counter can be used to increment and return an integer count. A Counter can be used in Anonymous * inner classes if it is declared final, unlike an int, which once declared final cannot be modified. */
public final class Counter implements Externalizable { public static final IntFunction<Counter> TO_COUNT = Counter::getCount; private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L; private int count; public Counter(int startCount) { this.count = startCount; } public Counter() { this(0); } public void increment() { this.count++; } public void decrement() { this.count--; } public void add(int value) { this.count += value; } public int getCount() { return this.count; } public void reset() { this.count = 0; } @Override public String toString() { return String.valueOf(this.count); } @Override public boolean equals(Object o) { if (this == o) { return true; } if (!(o instanceof Counter)) { return false; } Counter counter = (Counter) o; return this.count == counter.count; } @Override public int hashCode() { return this.count; } @Override public void writeExternal(ObjectOutput out) throws IOException { out.writeInt(this.count); } @Override public void readExternal(ObjectInput in) throws IOException { this.count = in.readInt(); } }