title: Need synchronization for an increment-only counter?
body: <p>I use an integer as counter. The integer will only be increased, and surely more than one thread will increase it at the same time. The value of this counter is read at the end of program execution when no other thread will try to access its value. </p>
  
  <p>I assume that I don't have to use a lock or any kind of synchronization for this kind of increment-only counter. Is this right? 
  I code in Java if that makes any difference. </p>