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A reassignable integer usable for counting
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/*
* LingPipe v. 3.9
* Copyright (C) 2003-2010 Alias-i
*
* This program is licensed under the Alias-i Royalty Free License
* Version 1 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the Alias-i
* Royalty Free License Version 1 for more details.
*
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* Alias-i, Inc. at 181 North 11th Street, Suite 401, Brooklyn, NY 11211,
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*/
//package com.aliasi.util;
/**
* A reassignable integer usable for counting. Counters do not
* override <code>Obect's</code> methods <code>hashCode()</code> or
* <code>equals()</code>, so two counters with the same value are not
* necessarily equal.
*
* <p>The value of a counter is stored as an integer. No checks
* are done in the increment methods to ensure that the results
* remain within bounds.
*
* @author Bob Carpenter
* @version 1.0.7
* @since LingPipe1.0
*/
public class Counter extends Number {
static final long serialVersionUID = -6794167256664036748L;
/**
* The count.
*/
private int mCount;
/**
* Create a counter with initial count <code>0</code>.
*/
public Counter() {
this(0);
}
/**
* Create a counter with the specified count value.
*
* @param count Initial value of counter.
*/
public Counter(int count) {
mCount = count;
}
/**
* Returns the current count value.
*
* @return Current count value.
*/
public int value() {
return mCount;
}
/**
* Increments the current count value.
*/
public void increment() {
++mCount;
}
/**
* Increment the count value by the specified amount.
*
* @param n Amount by which to increase the count value.
*/
public void increment(int n) {
mCount += n;
}
/**
* Sets the count to the specified value.
*
* @param count New value of the counter.
*/
public void set(int count) {
mCount = count;
}
/**
* Returns the value of this counter as a double.
*
* @return The value of this counter as a double.
*/
@Override
public double doubleValue() {
return (double) mCount;
}
/**
* Returns the value of this counter as a float.
*
* @return The value of this counter as a float.
*/
@Override
public float floatValue() {
return (float) mCount;
}
/**
* Returns the value of this counter as an int.
*
* @return The value of this counter as an int.
*/
@Override
public int intValue() {
return mCount;
}
/**
* Returns the value of this counter as a long.
*
* @return The value of this counter as an int.
*/
@Override
public long longValue() {
return (long) mCount;
}
/**
* Return a string representation of this counter's value.
*
* @return String representation of this counter's value.
*/
@Override
public String toString() {
return String.valueOf(value());
}
}
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