RefCountedTuple (Storm 2.7.1 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.storm.streams.RefCountedTuple

```
public class RefCountedTuple
extends Object
```
Provides reference counting of tuples. Used when operations that operate on a batch of tuples are involved (e.g. aggregation, join etc). The input tuples are acked once the result is emitted downstream.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`decrement()`
`void`	`increment()`
`void`	`setAcked()`
`boolean`	`shouldAck()`
`String`	`toString()`
`Tuple`	`tuple()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

shouldAck
```
public boolean shouldAck()
```

increment
```
public void increment()
```

decrement
```
public void decrement()
```

tuple
```
public Tuple tuple()
```

setAcked
```
public void setAcked()
```

toString
```
public String toString()
```
Overrides:

toString in class Object