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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.primitives.impl;
+
+import org.onosproject.store.service.AsyncAtomicCounter;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+/**
+ * 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;
+    private final MeteringAgent monitor;
+
+    private static final String PRIMITIVE_NAME = "atomicCounter";
+    private static final String INCREMENT_AND_GET = "incrementAndGet";
+    private static final String GET_AND_INCREMENT = "getAndIncrement";
+    private static final String GET_AND_ADD = "getAndAdd";
+    private static final String ADD_AND_GET = "addAndGet";
+    private static final String GET = "get";
+    private static final String SET = "set";
+    private static final String COMPARE_AND_SET = "compareAndSet";
+
+    public DefaultAsyncAtomicCounter(String name,
+                                     Database database,
+                                     boolean meteringEnabled) {
+        this.name = checkNotNull(name);
+        this.database = checkNotNull(database);
+        this.monitor = new MeteringAgent(PRIMITIVE_NAME, name, meteringEnabled);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String name() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CompletableFuture<Long> incrementAndGet() {
+        final MeteringAgent.Context timer = monitor.startTimer(INCREMENT_AND_GET);
+        return addAndGet(1L)
+                .whenComplete((r, e) -> timer.stop(e));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CompletableFuture<Long> get() {
+        final MeteringAgent.Context timer = monitor.startTimer(GET);
+        return database.counterGet(name)
+                .whenComplete((r, e) -> timer.stop(e));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CompletableFuture<Long> getAndIncrement() {
+        final MeteringAgent.Context timer = monitor.startTimer(GET_AND_INCREMENT);
+        return getAndAdd(1L)
+                .whenComplete((r, e) -> timer.stop(e));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CompletableFuture<Long> getAndAdd(long delta) {
+        final MeteringAgent.Context timer = monitor.startTimer(GET_AND_ADD);
+        return database.counterGetAndAdd(name, delta)
+                .whenComplete((r, e) -> timer.stop(e));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CompletableFuture<Long> addAndGet(long delta) {
+        final MeteringAgent.Context timer = monitor.startTimer(ADD_AND_GET);
+        return database.counterAddAndGet(name, delta)
+                .whenComplete((r, e) -> timer.stop(e));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CompletableFuture<Void> set(long value) {
+        final MeteringAgent.Context timer = monitor.startTimer(SET);
+        return database.counterSet(name, value)
+                .whenComplete((r, e) -> timer.stop(e));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CompletableFuture<Boolean> compareAndSet(long expectedValue, long updateValue) {
+        final MeteringAgent.Context timer = monitor.startTimer(COMPARE_AND_SET);
+        return database.counterCompareAndSet(name, expectedValue, updateValue)
+                .whenComplete((r, e) -> timer.stop(e));
+    }
+}