An argument list object where the name field is required.
The args is an object defined by (in any order):
{
name: string = ""; Required; Not supplying a name will result in no value being recorded.
by?: number = 1; Optional; Not supplying this field will result in the counter being incremented by `1`.
forceUpDownCounter?: boolean = true; Optional; Reguardless of this value, an up down counter will be created.
attributes?: AttrMap = {}; Optional; Attributes for the counter metric.
}
true if the counter was decremented successfully, false if metrics are not initialized.
Decrements the specified counter by a given value.