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//  Section: Vision Components
//  Project: GenApi
//  Author:  Alexander Happe
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/*!
\file
\brief    Definition of a simple Counter class
\ingroup GenApi_PublicImpl
*/

#ifndef GENAPI_COUNTER_H
#define GENAPI_COUNTER_H

namespace GENAPI_NAMESPACE {

    class Counter
    {
    public:
        Counter() : m_value(0)
        {
        }

        unsigned int GetValue() const
            { return m_value; }

        unsigned int operator++() // prefix
        {
            return ++m_value;
        }

        unsigned int operator++(int) // postfix
        {
            return m_value++;
        }

        unsigned int operator--(int) // postfix
        {
            assert( m_value > 0);
            return m_value--;
        }

        unsigned int operator--() // prefix
        {
            assert( m_value > 0);
            return --m_value;
        }

        operator unsigned int()
        {
            return m_value;
        }

        bool IsZero()
        {
            return m_value == 0;
        }

    private:
        unsigned int m_value;
    };
}

#endif // GENAPI_COUNTER_H