Counter (Atlassian Confluence 8.0.0 API)

```
@Internal
public interface Counter
```
Represents an atomic counter that can be increased in value.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Counter`	`increase()`	Increase the counter by one.
`Counter`	`increase(long amount)`	Increase the counter by the specified amount.

- Method Detail
  - increase
```
Counter increase()
```
    Increase the counter by one.
    
    Returns:
    
    the counter.
  - increase
```
Counter increase(long amount)
```
    Increase the counter by the specified amount.
    
    Parameters:
    
    amount - the amount to increase the counter by
    
    Returns:
    
    the counter.