Tools: Add InstanceLimiter utility

fairmq/tools/InstanceLimit.h

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+/********************************************************************************
+ *    Copyright (C) 2019 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH    *
+ *                                                                              *
+ *              This software is distributed under the terms of the             *
+ *              GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) version 3,             *
+ *                  copied verbatim in the file "LICENSE"                       *
+ ********************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef FAIR_MQ_TOOLS_INSTANCELIMIT_H
+#define FAIR_MQ_TOOLS_INSTANCELIMIT_H
+
+#include "Strings.h"
+
+namespace fair {
+namespace mq {
+namespace tools {
+
+template<typename Tag, int Max>
+struct InstanceLimiter
+{
+    InstanceLimiter() { Increment(); }
+    ~InstanceLimiter() { Decrement(); }
+    auto GetCount() -> int { return fCount; }
+
+  private:
+    auto Increment() -> void
+    {
+        if (fCount < Max) {
+            ++fCount;
+        } else {
+            throw std::runtime_error(
+                ToString("More than ", Max, " instances of ", Tag(), " in parallel not supported"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    auto Decrement() -> void
+    {
+        if (fCount > 0) {
+            --fCount;
+        }
+    }
+
+    static int fCount;
+};
+
+template<typename Tag, int Max>
+int InstanceLimiter<Tag, Max>::fCount(0);
+
+} /* namespace tools */
+} /* namespace mq */
+} /* namespace fair */
+
+#endif /* FAIR_MQ_TOOLS_INSTANCELIMIT_H */