Package com.ibm.websphere.monitor.jmx

Class Counter

java.lang.Object

com.ibm.websphere.monitor.jmx.Meter

com.ibm.websphere.monitor.jmx.Counter

public class Counter
extends Meter

A counter is used to track and record metrics related to counted items such as processed requests, bytes read, or bytes written. Counted data must be monotonically increasing. Counters cannot appear to move backwards except on reset or wrap.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Counter()	Default constructor.
Counter(CounterReading reading, long currentValue, String description, String unit)	Constructor used during construction of proxy objects for MXBeans.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
long	getCurrentValue()
String	getDescription()
CounterReading	getReading()
String	getUnit()

Methods inherited from class com.ibm.websphere.monitor.jmx.Meter

setDescription, setUnit

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Counter

public Counter()

Default constructor.

Counter

@ConstructorProperties({"reading","currentValue","description","unit"})
public Counter(CounterReading reading,
 long currentValue,
 String description,
 String unit)

Constructor used during construction of proxy objects for MXBeans.

Method Details

getCurrentValue

public long getCurrentValue()

Returns:

current counter value

getReading

public CounterReading getReading()

Returns:

a snapshot of the counter value

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Overrides:

getDescription in class Meter

Returns:

description of the counter

getUnit

public String getUnit()

Overrides:

getUnit in class Meter

Returns:

unit of measurement for the counter