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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.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.fb303;
+
+import java.util.AbstractMap;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+
+public abstract class FacebookBase implements FacebookService.Iface {
+
+  private String name_;
+
+  private long alive_;
+
+  private final ConcurrentHashMap<String,Long> counters_ =
+    new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Long>();
+
+  private final ConcurrentHashMap<String,String> options_ =
+    new ConcurrentHashMap<String, String>();
+
+  protected FacebookBase(String name) {
+    name_ = name;
+    alive_ = System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000;
+  }
+
+  public String getName() {
+    return name_;
+  }
+
+  public abstract int getStatus();
+
+  public String getStatusDetails() {
+    return "";
+  }
+
+  public void deleteCounter(String key) {
+    counters_.remove(key);
+  }
+
+  public void resetCounter(String key) {
+    counters_.put(key, 0L);
+  }
+
+  public long incrementCounter(String key) {
+    long val = getCounter(key) + 1;
+    counters_.put(key, val);
+    return val;
+  }
+
+  public AbstractMap<String,Long> getCounters() {
+    return counters_;
+  }
+
+  public long getCounter(String key) {
+    Long val = counters_.get(key);
+    if (val == null) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+    return val.longValue();
+  }
+
+  public void setOption(String key, String value) {
+    options_.put(key, value);
+  }
+
+  public String getOption(String key) {
+    return options_.get(key);
+  }
+
+  public AbstractMap<String,String> getOptions() {
+    return options_;
+  }
+
+  public long aliveSince() {
+    return alive_;
+  }
+
+  public String getCpuProfile() {
+    return "";
+  }
+
+  public void reinitialize() {}
+
+  public void shutdown() {}
+
+}