diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DefaultAsyncAtomicCounter.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DefaultAsyncAtomicCounter.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.store.consistent.impl;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import org.onosproject.store.service.AsyncAtomicCounter;
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.*;
+
+/**
+ * Default implementation for a distributed AsyncAtomicCounter backed by
+ * partitioned Raft DB.
+ * <p>
+ * The initial value will be zero.
+ */
+public class DefaultAsyncAtomicCounter implements AsyncAtomicCounter {
+
+    private final String name;
+    private final Database database;
+
+    public DefaultAsyncAtomicCounter(String name, Database database) {
+        this.name = checkNotNull(name);
+        this.database = checkNotNull(database);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CompletableFuture<Long> incrementAndGet() {
+        return database.nextValue(name);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CompletableFuture<Long> get() {
+        return database.currentValue(name);
+    }
+}