protected void incrementNamedCountingMonitor(String name, ConcurrentMap<String, NamedCountingMonitor> map) {
        NamedCountingMonitor monitor = map.get(name);
        if (monitor == null) {
            monitor = new NamedCountingMonitor(name);
            NamedCountingMonitor conflict = map.putIfAbsent(name, monitor);
            if (conflict != null) {
                monitor = conflict;
            } else {
                MonitorRegistry.getInstance().registerObject(monitor);
            }
        }
        monitor.increment();
    }
helper method to create new monitor, place into map, and register with Epic, if necessary
zuul-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/zuul/stats/StatsManager.java