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Get current

Returns the current value of the counter.

// *******************************************
// synchronous methods
// *******************************************

// Backendless.Counters approach
public int Backendless.Counters.Get( String counterName );
public T Backendless.Counters.Get<T>( String counterName );

// IAtomic approach
IAtomic<T> counter = Backendless.Counters.Of<T>( String counterName );
public T counter.Get();

// *******************************************
// asynchronous methods
// *******************************************

// Backendless.Counters approach
public void Backendless.Counters.Get<T>( String counterName, AsyncCallback<T> callback );

// IAtomic approach
IAtomic<T> counter = Backendless.Counters.Of<T>( String counterName );
public void counter.Get( AsyncCallback<T> callback );

where:

Argument                Description
counterName name of the counter to retrieve the value of.
T numeric type for the counter values. Can be an instance of byte, short, int, float, long and double.
callback the callback used for asynchronous calls to indicate that the operation has either successfully completed or resulted in error.

Example

AsyncCallback<int> callback = new AsyncCallback<int>(
  result =>
  {
    System.Console.WriteLine( "[ASYNC] current counter value is - " + result );
  },
  fault =>
  {
     System.Console.WriteLine( "Error - " + fault );
  } );

Backendless.Counters.Get( "my counter", callback );

IAtomic<int> myCounter = Backendless.Counters.Of<int>( "my counter" );
int counter = myCounter.Get();
System.Console.WriteLine( "[SYNC] current counter value through IAtomic is - " + counter );

counter = Backendless.Counters.Get( "my counter" );
System.Console.WriteLine( "[SYNC] current counter value is - " + counter );

long longCounter = Backendless.Counters.Get<long>( "my counter" );
System.Console.WriteLine( "[SYNC] current counter value is - " + longCounter );

Codeless Reference

codeless_atomic_counters_get_counter_value_1

where:

Argument                Description
counter name Name of the counter whose value must be retrieved.

Returns the current value of the counter.

Consider the following counter:

codeless_atomic_counters_set_counter_if_2

The example below retrieves the current value of the counter. The result of this operation is 20.

codeless_atomic_counters_get_counter_value_2