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package org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.lib;

/**
 * The mutable counter (monotonically increasing) metric interface
 * @param <T> the type of the metric
 */
public abstract class MetricMutableCounter<T extends Number>
    extends MetricMutable {

  /**
   * Construct the metric with name and description
   * @param name
   * @param description
   */
  public MetricMutableCounter(String name, String description) {
    super(name, description);
  }

  /**
   * Increment the metric value by 1.
   */
  public abstract void incr();
}