private long mutate(Mutator m, String key, long by, long def, int exp) {
final AtomicLong rv = new AtomicLong();
final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
enqueueOperation(key, opFact.mutate(m, key, by, def, exp,
new OperationCallback() {
public void receivedStatus(OperationStatus s) {
// XXX: Potential abstraction leak.
// The handling of incr/decr in the binary protocol
// Allows us to avoid string processing.
rv.set(new Long(s.isSuccess() ? s.getMessage() : "-1"));