spring data redis atomic integer variable key name

I think I'm probably missing something big, but how do you do an atomic decrement on a given key using Spring Data redis?

The RedisAtomicLong and RedisAtomicInteger are bound to the key we specify while instantiating them. How would I do an atomic decrement on any key of my choice?

Do I have to resort to multi-exec? In vanilla redis, i can atomically decrement any key without resorting to multi exec, by simple using the DECR command. Am I missing something here?

Thanks, Richard.