BaseCounter

All Known Subinterfaces:

AsyncCounter, Counter, SyncCounter

All Known Implementing Classes:

COUNTER.CounterImpl
```
public interface BaseCounter
```
Base interface for all counters

Since:

5.2

Author:

Bela Ban

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`AsyncCounter`	`async()`	Returns an `AsyncCounter` wrapper for this instance.
`java.lang.String`	`getName()`
`SyncCounter`	`sync()`	Returns a `SyncCounter` wrapper for this instance.

- Method Detail
  - getName
```
java.lang.String getName()
```
    Returns:
    
    The counter's name.
  - sync
```
SyncCounter sync()
```
    Returns a SyncCounter wrapper for this instance. If this counter is already synchronous, then this counter instance is returned (no-op)
    
    Returns:
    
    The SyncCounter instance;
  - async
```
AsyncCounter async()
```
    Returns an AsyncCounter wrapper for this instance. If this counter is already asynchronous, then this counter instance is returned (no-op)
    
    Returns:
    
    The AsyncCounter instance.