Method CreateCounter

CreateCounter(String, Int64)

Creates the counter against the provided name.

Declaration
ICounter CreateCounter(string key, long initialValue = null)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.String key

Counter name
System.Int64 initialValue

Initial value for the created counter
Returns
Type Description
ICounter

Interface for using counters
Examples

This example demonstrates how to create a distributed counter.

ICache cache = CacheManager.GetCache("myCache");
string dataTypeName = "DistributedCounter";

ICounter counter = cache.DataTypeManager.CreateCounter(dataTypeName);

CreateCounter(String, DataTypeAttributes, Int64, WriteThruOptions)

Creates the counter against the provided name and configures it according to the provided user configuration as attributes.

Declaration
ICounter CreateCounter(string name, DataTypeAttributes attributes, long initialValue = null, WriteThruOptions options = null)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.String name

Name of counter to be created.
DataTypeAttributes attributes

Interface for providing user attribution for this collection.
System.Int64 initialValue

initial value of the counter created.
WriteThruOptions options

WriteThruOptions regarding updating data source. This can be WriteThru, WriteBehind or None.
Returns
Type Description
ICounter

Interface for using counters.
Examples

This example demonstrates how to create a distributed counter with absolute expiration of 1 minute.

ICache cache = CacheManager.GetCache("myCache");
string dataTypeName = "DistributedCounter";

DataTypeAttributes attributes = new DataTypeAttributes();
attributes.Expiration = new Expiration(ExpirationType.Absolute, new TimeSpan(0, 1, 0));

ICounter counter = cache.DataTypeManager.CreateCounter(dataTypeName, attributes);