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Counter

This activity allows you to use a global counter.

Installation

Flogo Web

This activity comes out of the box with the Flogo Web UI

Flogo CLI

flogo add activity github.com/TIBCOSoftware/flogo-contrib/activity/counter

Schema

Inputs and Outputs:

{
  "input":[
    {
      "name": "counterName",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true
    },
    {
      "name": "increment",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    {
      "name": "reset",
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "value",
      "type": "integer"
    }
  ]
}

Settings

Setting	Required	Description
counterName	True	The name of the counter
increment	False	If this field is set to true, increment the counter by one
reset	False	Reset the counter. If reset is set to true, increment is ignored
value	False	The value of the counter after executing the increment or reset

Examples

Increment

The below example increments a 'messages' counter:

{
  "id": "counter_1",
  "name": "Increment Counter",
  "description": "Simple Global Counter Activity",
  "activity": {
    "ref": "github.com/TIBCOSoftware/flogo-contrib/activity/counter",
    "input": {
      "counterName": "messages",
      "increment": true
    }
  }
}

Get

The below example retrieves the last value of the 'messages' counter:

{
  "id": "counter_1",
  "name": "Increment Counter",
  "description": "Simple Global Counter Activity",
  "activity": {
    "ref": "github.com/TIBCOSoftware/flogo-contrib/activity/counter",
    "input": {
      "counterName": "messages"
    }
  }
}

Reset

The below example resets the 'messages' counter:

{
  "id": "counter_1",
  "name": "Increment Counter",
  "description": "Simple Global Counter Activity",
  "activity": {
    "ref": "github.com/TIBCOSoftware/flogo-contrib/activity/counter",
    "input": {
      "counterName": "messages",
      "reset": true
    }
  }
}