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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.
+ */
+
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include <transport/TBufferTransports.h>
+#include <transport/TFDTransport.h>
+#include <protocol/TBinaryProtocol.h>
+#include <protocol/TDebugProtocol.h>
+#include <protocol/TProtocolTap.h>
+
+using namespace std;
+using boost::shared_ptr;
+using namespace apache::thrift::transport;
+using namespace apache::thrift::protocol;
+
+void usage() {
+  fprintf(stderr,
+      "usage: thrift_dump {-b|-f|-s} < input > ouput\n"
+      "  -b TBufferedTransport messages\n"
+      "  -f TFramedTransport messages\n"
+      "  -s Raw structures\n");
+  exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  if (argc != 2) {
+    usage();
+  }
+
+  shared_ptr<TTransport> stdin_trans(new TFDTransport(STDIN_FILENO));
+  shared_ptr<TTransport> itrans;
+
+  if (argv[1] == std::string("-b") || argv[1] == std::string("-s")) {
+    itrans.reset(new TBufferedTransport(stdin_trans));
+  } else if (argv[1] == std::string("-f")) {
+    itrans.reset(new TFramedTransport(stdin_trans));
+  } else {
+    usage();
+  }
+
+  shared_ptr<TProtocol> iprot(new TBinaryProtocol(itrans));
+  shared_ptr<TProtocol> oprot(
+      new TDebugProtocol(
+        shared_ptr<TTransport>(new TBufferedTransport(
+          shared_ptr<TTransport>(new TFDTransport(STDOUT_FILENO))))));
+
+  TProtocolTap tap(iprot, oprot);
+
+  try {
+    if (argv[1] == std::string("-s")) {
+      for (;;) {
+        tap.skip(T_STRUCT);
+      }
+    } else {
+      std::string name;
+      TMessageType messageType;
+      int32_t seqid;
+      for (;;) {
+        tap.readMessageBegin(name, messageType, seqid);
+        tap.skip(T_STRUCT);
+        tap.readMessageEnd();
+      }
+    }
+  } catch (TProtocolException exn) {
+    cout << "Protocol Exception: " << exn.what() << endl;
+  } catch (...) {
+    oprot->getTransport()->flush();
+  }
+
+  cout << endl;
+
+  return 0;
+}