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+/*
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+ * distributed with this work for additional information
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+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "FacebookBase.h"
+
+using namespace facebook::fb303;
+using apache::thrift::concurrency::Guard;
+
+FacebookBase::FacebookBase(std::string name) :
+  name_(name) {
+  aliveSince_ = (int64_t) time(NULL);
+}
+
+inline void FacebookBase::getName(std::string& _return) {
+  _return = name_;
+}
+
+void FacebookBase::setOption(const std::string& key, const std::string& value) {
+  Guard g(optionsLock_);
+  options_[key] = value;
+}
+
+void FacebookBase::getOption(std::string& _return, const std::string& key) {
+  Guard g(optionsLock_);
+  _return = options_[key];
+}
+
+void FacebookBase::getOptions(std::map<std::string, std::string> & _return) {
+  Guard g(optionsLock_);
+  _return = options_;
+}
+
+int64_t FacebookBase::incrementCounter(const std::string& key, int64_t amount) {
+  counters_.acquireRead();
+
+  // if we didn't find the key, we need to write lock the whole map to create it
+  ReadWriteCounterMap::iterator it = counters_.find(key);
+  if (it == counters_.end()) {
+    counters_.release();
+    counters_.acquireWrite();
+
+    // we need to check again to make sure someone didn't create this key
+    // already while we released the lock
+    it = counters_.find(key);
+    if(it == counters_.end()){
+      counters_[key].value = amount;
+      counters_.release();
+      return amount;
+    }
+  }
+
+  it->second.acquireWrite();
+  int64_t count = it->second.value + amount;
+  it->second.value = count;
+  it->second.release();
+  counters_.release();
+  return count;
+}
+
+int64_t FacebookBase::setCounter(const std::string& key, int64_t value) {
+  counters_.acquireRead();
+
+  // if we didn't find the key, we need to write lock the whole map to create it
+  ReadWriteCounterMap::iterator it = counters_.find(key);
+  if (it == counters_.end()) {
+    counters_.release();
+    counters_.acquireWrite();
+    counters_[key].value = value;
+    counters_.release();
+    return value;
+  }
+
+  it->second.acquireWrite();
+  it->second.value = value;
+  it->second.release();
+  counters_.release();
+  return value;
+}
+
+void FacebookBase::getCounters(std::map<std::string, int64_t>& _return) {
+  // we need to lock the whole thing and actually build the map since we don't
+  // want our read/write structure to go over the wire
+  counters_.acquireRead();
+  for(ReadWriteCounterMap::iterator it = counters_.begin();
+      it != counters_.end(); it++)
+  {
+    _return[it->first] = it->second.value;
+  }
+  counters_.release();
+}
+
+int64_t FacebookBase::getCounter(const std::string& key) {
+  int64_t rv = 0;
+  counters_.acquireRead();
+  ReadWriteCounterMap::iterator it = counters_.find(key);
+  if (it != counters_.end()) {
+    it->second.acquireRead();
+    rv = it->second.value;
+    it->second.release();
+  }
+  counters_.release();
+  return rv;
+}
+
+inline int64_t FacebookBase::aliveSince() {
+  return aliveSince_;
+}
+