diff --git a/lib/py/src/Thrift.py b/lib/py/src/Thrift.py
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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.
+#
+
+class TType:
+  STOP   = 0
+  VOID   = 1
+  BOOL   = 2
+  BYTE   = 3
+  I08    = 3
+  DOUBLE = 4
+  I16    = 6
+  I32    = 8
+  I64    = 10
+  STRING = 11
+  UTF7   = 11
+  STRUCT = 12
+  MAP    = 13
+  SET    = 14
+  LIST   = 15
+  UTF8   = 16
+  UTF16  = 17
+
+class TMessageType:
+  CALL  = 1
+  REPLY = 2
+  EXCEPTION = 3
+  ONEWAY = 4
+
+class TProcessor:
+
+  """Base class for procsessor, which works on two streams."""
+
+  def process(iprot, oprot):
+    pass
+
+class TException(Exception):
+
+  """Base class for all thrift exceptions."""
+
+  def __init__(self, message=None):
+    Exception.__init__(self, message)
+    self.message = message
+
+class TApplicationException(TException):
+
+  """Application level thrift exceptions."""
+
+  UNKNOWN = 0
+  UNKNOWN_METHOD = 1
+  INVALID_MESSAGE_TYPE = 2
+  WRONG_METHOD_NAME = 3
+  BAD_SEQUENCE_ID = 4
+  MISSING_RESULT = 5
+
+  def __init__(self, type=UNKNOWN, message=None):
+    TException.__init__(self, message)
+    self.type = type
+
+  def __str__(self):
+    if self.message:
+      return self.message
+    elif self.type == UNKNOWN_METHOD:
+      return 'Unknown method'
+    elif self.type == INVALID_MESSAGE_TYPE:
+      return 'Invalid message type'
+    elif self.type == WRONG_METHOD_NAME:
+      return 'Wrong method name'
+    elif self.type == BAD_SEQUENCE_ID:
+      return 'Bad sequence ID'
+    elif self.type == MISSING_RESULT:
+      return 'Missing result'
+    else:
+      return 'Default (unknown) TApplicationException'
+
+  def read(self, iprot):
+    iprot.readStructBegin()
+    while True:
+      (fname, ftype, fid) = iprot.readFieldBegin()
+      if ftype == TType.STOP:
+        break
+      if fid == 1:
+        if ftype == TType.STRING:
+          self.message = iprot.readString();
+        else:
+          iprot.skip(ftype)
+      elif fid == 2:
+        if ftype == TType.I32:
+          self.type = iprot.readI32();
+        else:
+          iprot.skip(ftype)
+      else:
+        iprot.skip(ftype)
+      iprot.readFieldEnd()
+    iprot.readStructEnd()
+
+  def write(self, oprot):
+    oprot.writeStructBegin('TApplicationException')
+    if self.message != None:
+      oprot.writeFieldBegin('message', TType.STRING, 1)
+      oprot.writeString(self.message)
+      oprot.writeFieldEnd()
+    if self.type != None:
+      oprot.writeFieldBegin('type', TType.I32, 2)
+      oprot.writeI32(self.type)
+      oprot.writeFieldEnd()
+    oprot.writeFieldStop()
+    oprot.writeStructEnd()