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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
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+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
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+ */
+
+#ifndef SHARE_MEMORY_METASPACE_COUNTER_HPP
+#define SHARE_MEMORY_METASPACE_COUNTER_HPP
+
+#include "runtime/atomic.hpp"
+#include "utilities/debug.hpp"
+#include "utilities/globalDefinitions.hpp"
+
+
+namespace metaspace {
+
+// A very simple helper class which counts something, offers decrement/increment
+// methods and checks for overflow/underflow on increment/decrement.
+//
+// (since we seem to do that alot....)
+
+template <class T>
+class AbstractCounter {
+
+  T _c;
+
+public:
+
+  AbstractCounter() : _c(0) {}
+
+  T get() const           { return _c; }
+
+  void increment()            { assert(_c + 1 > _c, "overflow"); _c ++; }
+  void increment_by(T v)      { assert(_c + v >= _c, "overflow"); _c += v; }
+  void decrement()            { assert(_c - 1 < _c, "underflow"); _c --; }
+  void decrement_by(T v)      { assert(_c - v <= _c, "underflow"); _c -= v; }
+
+#ifdef ASSERT
+  void check(T expected) const {
+    assert(_c == expected, "Counter mismatch: %d, expected: %d.",
+           (int)_c, (int)expected);
+    }
+#endif
+
+};
+
+typedef AbstractCounter<size_t>   SizeCounter;
+typedef AbstractCounter<int>      IntCounter;
+
+
+template <class T>
+class AbstractAtomicCounter {
+
+  volatile T _c;
+
+public:
+
+  AbstractAtomicCounter() : _c(0) {}
+
+  T get() const               { return _c; }
+
+  void increment()            { assert(_c + 1 > _c, "overflow"); Atomic::inc(&_c); }
+  void increment_by(T v)      { assert(_c + v >= _c, "overflow"); Atomic::add(&_c, v); }
+  void decrement()            { assert(_c - 1 < _c, "underflow"); Atomic::dec(&_c); }
+  void decrement_by(T v)      { assert(_c - v <= _c, "underflow"); Atomic::sub(&_c, v); }
+
+#ifdef ASSERT
+  void check(T expected) const {
+    assert(_c == expected, "Counter mismatch: %d, expected: %d.",
+           (int)_c, (int)expected);
+    }
+#endif
+
+};
+
+typedef AbstractAtomicCounter<size_t> SizeAtomicCounter;
+
+
+
+} // namespace metaspace
+
+#endif // SHARE_MEMORY_METASPACE_WORDSIZECOUNTER_HPP
+