Counted

```
@Inherited
 @Documented
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Target(value={TYPE,CONSTRUCTOR,METHOD,ANNOTATION_TYPE})
public @interface Counted
```
An annotation for marking a method, constructor, or class as counted. The metric will be registered in the application MetricRegistry.
Given a method annotated with @Counted like this:
```
      @Counted(name = "fancyName")
     public String fancyName(String name) {
         return "Sir Captain " + name;
     }
 
```
A counter with the fully qualified class name + fancyName will be created and each time the #fancyName(String) method is invoked, the counter will be marked. Similarly, the same applies for a constructor annotated with counted. (See monotonic() for how the counter will be incremented).
Given a class annotated with @Counted like this:
```
      @Counted
     public class CounterBean {
         public void countMethod1() {}
         public void countMethod2() {}
     }
 
```
A counter for the defining class will be created for each of the constructors/methods. Each time the constructor/method is invoked, the respective counter will be marked. (See monotonic() for how the counter will be incremented)
Examples (en):

mp-metrics-counted

Examples (es):

mp-metrics-counted

Examples (pt):

mp-metrics-counted

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements
Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
`boolean`	`absolute` Denotes whether to use the absolute name or use the default given name relative to the annotated class.
`java.lang.String`	`description` The description of the counter.
`java.lang.String`	`displayName` The display name of the counter.
`boolean`	`monotonic`
`java.lang.String`	`name` The name of the counter.
`boolean`	`reusable` Denotes if this metric instance can be reused by multiple registrations.
`java.lang.String[]`	`tags` The tags of the counter.
`java.lang.String`	`unit` The unit of the counter.

- Element Detail
  - name
```
public abstract java.lang.String name
```
    The name of the counter.
    
    Returns:
    
    The name of the counter.
    
    Default:
    
    ""
- - tags
```
public abstract java.lang.String[] tags
```
    The tags of the counter.
    
    Returns:
    
    The tags of the counter. Each String tag must be in the form of 'key=value'. If the input is empty or does not contain a '=' sign, the entry is ignored.
    
    See Also:
    
    Metadata
    
    Default:
    
    {}
- - absolute
```
public abstract boolean absolute
```
    Denotes whether to use the absolute name or use the default given name relative to the annotated class.
    
    Returns:
    
    If true, use the given name as an absolute name. If false (default), use the given name relative to the annotated class. When annotating a class, this must be false.
    
    Default:
    
    false
- - monotonic
```
public abstract boolean monotonic
```
    Returns:
    
    If false (default), the counter is decremented when the annotated method returns, counting current invocations of the annotated method. If true, the counter increases monotonically, counting total invocations of the annotated method.
    
    Default:
    
    false
- - displayName
```
public abstract java.lang.String displayName
```
    The display name of the counter.
    
    Returns:
    
    The display name of the counter.
    
    See Also:
    
    Metadata
    
    Default:
    
    ""
- - description
```
public abstract java.lang.String description
```
    The description of the counter.
    
    Returns:
    
    The description of the counter.
    
    See Also:
    
    Metadata
    
    Default:
    
    ""
- - unit
```
public abstract java.lang.String unit
```
    The unit of the counter.
    
    Returns:
    
    The unit of the counter. By default, the value is MetricUnits.NONE.
    
    See Also:
    
    Metadata, MetricUnits
    
    Default:
    
    "none"
- - reusable
```
public abstract boolean reusable
```
    Denotes if this metric instance can be reused by multiple registrations.
    
    Returns:
    
    false if not reusable, true otherwise
    
    Since:
    
    Metrics 1.1
    
    Default:
    
    false

Annotation Type Counted

Optional Element Summary

Element Detail

name

tags

absolute

monotonic

displayName

description

unit

reusable