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/** * Copyright 2011-2012 The Kuali Foundation * * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package org.kuali.maven.plugins.graph.util; import org.springframework.util.Assert; /** * <p> * Thread safe counter. * </p> */ public class Counter implements Comparable<Counter> { private int value; public Counter() { this(0); } public Counter(int value) { super(); this.value = value; } public synchronized int increment() { Assert.state(value < Integer.MAX_VALUE, "Maximum counter value exceeded"); return value++; } public synchronized int decrement() { Assert.state(value > Integer.MIN_VALUE, "Minimum counter value exceeded"); return value--; } public synchronized int getValue() { return value; } @Override public synchronized int compareTo(Counter other) { return value > other.value ? 1 : value < other.value ? -1 : 0; } }