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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _FACEBOOK_TB303_FACEBOOKBASE_H_
+#define _FACEBOOK_TB303_FACEBOOKBASE_H_ 1
+
+#include "FacebookService.h"
+
+#include "server/TServer.h"
+#include "concurrency/Mutex.h"
+
+#include <time.h>
+#include <string>
+#include <map>
+
+namespace facebook { namespace fb303 {
+
+using apache::thrift::concurrency::Mutex;
+using apache::thrift::concurrency::ReadWriteMutex;
+using apache::thrift::server::TServer;
+
+struct ReadWriteInt : ReadWriteMutex {int64_t value;};
+struct ReadWriteCounterMap : ReadWriteMutex,
+                             std::map<std::string, ReadWriteInt> {};
+
+/**
+ * Base Facebook service implementation in C++.
+ *
+ */
+class FacebookBase : virtual public FacebookServiceIf {
+ protected:
+  FacebookBase(std::string name);
+  virtual ~FacebookBase() {}
+
+ public:
+  void getName(std::string& _return);
+  virtual void getVersion(std::string& _return) { _return = ""; }
+
+  virtual fb_status getStatus() = 0;
+  virtual void getStatusDetails(std::string& _return) { _return = ""; }
+
+  void setOption(const std::string& key, const std::string& value);
+  void getOption(std::string& _return, const std::string& key);
+  void getOptions(std::map<std::string, std::string> & _return);
+
+  int64_t aliveSince();
+
+  virtual void reinitialize() {}
+
+  virtual void shutdown() {
+    if (server_.get() != NULL) {
+      server_->stop();
+    }
+  }
+
+  int64_t incrementCounter(const std::string& key, int64_t amount = 1);
+  int64_t setCounter(const std::string& key, int64_t value);
+
+  void getCounters(std::map<std::string, int64_t>& _return);
+  int64_t getCounter(const std::string& key);
+
+  /**
+   * Set server handle for shutdown method
+   */
+  void setServer(boost::shared_ptr<TServer> server) {
+    server_ = server;
+  }
+
+  void getCpuProfile(std::string& _return, int32_t durSecs) { _return = ""; }
+
+ private:
+
+  std::string name_;
+  int64_t aliveSince_;
+
+  std::map<std::string, std::string> options_;
+  Mutex optionsLock_;
+
+  ReadWriteCounterMap counters_;
+
+  boost::shared_ptr<TServer> server_;
+
+};
+
+}} // facebook::tb303
+
+#endif // _FACEBOOK_TB303_FACEBOOKBASE_H_