Counter

All Superinterfaces:

SyncCounter

All Known Implementing Classes:

COUNTER.SyncCounterImpl
```
@Deprecated
public interface Counter
extends SyncCounter
```
Deprecated.
Since 5.2 and to be removed in a future version. Use SyncCounter instead.

Since:

3.0.0

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Default Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default AsyncCounter`	`async()`	Deprecated.
`default long`	`compareAndSwap(long expect, long update)`	Deprecated. Atomically updates the counter using a compare-and-swap operation.

Methods inherited from interface org.jgroups.blocks.atomic.SyncCounter
addAndGet, compareAndSet, decrementAndGet, get, getName, incrementAndGet, set, update

- Method Detail
  - compareAndSwap
```
default long compareAndSwap(long expect,
                            long update)
```
    Deprecated.
    
    Description copied from interface: SyncCounter
    
    Atomically updates the counter using a compare-and-swap operation.
    
    Specified by:
    
    compareAndSwap in interface SyncCounter
    
    Parameters:
    
    expect - The expected value of the counter
    
    update - The new value of the counter
    
    Returns:
    
    The previous value of the counter
  - async
```
default AsyncCounter async()
```
    Deprecated.
    
    Specified by:
    
    async in interface SyncCounter
    
    Returns:
    
    an asynchronous wrapper around this instance.