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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+require 5.6.0;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Data::Dumper;
+use Time::HiRes qw(gettimeofday);
+
+use lib '../../lib/perl/lib';
+use lib 'gen-perl';
+
+use Thrift;
+use Thrift::BinaryProtocol;
+use Thrift::Socket;
+use Thrift::BufferedTransport;
+
+use ThriftTest::ThriftTest;
+use ThriftTest::Types;
+
+$|++;
+
+my $host = 'localhost';
+my $port = 9090;
+
+
+my $socket = new Thrift::Socket($host, $port);
+
+my $bufferedSocket = new Thrift::BufferedTransport($socket, 1024, 1024);
+my $transport = $bufferedSocket;
+my $protocol = new Thrift::BinaryProtocol($transport);
+my $testClient = new ThriftTest::ThriftTestClient($protocol);
+
+eval{
+$transport->open();
+}; if($@){
+    die(Dumper($@));
+}
+my $start = gettimeofday();
+
+#
+# VOID TEST
+#
+print("testVoid()");
+$testClient->testVoid();
+print(" = void\n");
+
+#
+# STRING TEST
+#
+print("testString(\"Test\")");
+my $s = $testClient->testString("Test");
+print(" = \"$s\"\n");
+
+#
+# BYTE TEST
+#
+print("testByte(1)");
+my $u8 = $testClient->testByte(1);
+print(" = $u8\n");
+
+#
+# I32 TEST
+#
+print("testI32(-1)");
+my $i32 = $testClient->testI32(-1);
+print(" = $i32\n");
+
+#
+#I64 TEST
+#
+print("testI64(-34359738368)");
+my $i64 = $testClient->testI64(-34359738368);
+print(" = $i64\n");
+
+#
+# DOUBLE TEST
+#
+print("testDouble(-852.234234234)");
+my $dub = $testClient->testDouble(-852.234234234);
+print(" = $dub\n");
+
+#
+# STRUCT TEST
+#
+print("testStruct({\"Zero\", 1, -3, -5})");
+my $out = new ThriftTest::Xtruct();
+$out->string_thing("Zero");
+$out->byte_thing(1);
+$out->i32_thing(-3);
+$out->i64_thing(-5);
+my $in = $testClient->testStruct($out);
+print(" = {\"".$in->string_thing."\", ".
+        $in->byte_thing.", ".
+        $in->i32_thing.", ".
+        $in->i64_thing."}\n");
+
+#
+# NESTED STRUCT TEST
+#
+print("testNest({1, {\"Zero\", 1, -3, -5}, 5}");
+my $out2 = new ThriftTest::Xtruct2();
+$out2->byte_thing(1);
+$out2->struct_thing($out);
+$out2->i32_thing(5);
+my $in2 = $testClient->testNest($out2);
+$in = $in2->struct_thing;
+print(" = {".$in2->byte_thing.", {\"".
+      $in->string_thing."\", ".
+      $in->byte_thing.", ".
+      $in->i32_thing.", ".
+      $in->i64_thing."}, ".
+      $in2->i32_thing."}\n");
+
+#
+# MAP TEST
+#
+my $mapout = {};
+for (my $i = 0; $i < 5; ++$i) {
+  $mapout->{$i} = $i-10;
+}
+print("testMap({");
+my $first = 1;
+while( my($key,$val) = each %$mapout) {
+    if ($first) {
+        $first = 0;
+    } else {
+        print(", ");
+    }
+    print("$key => $val");
+}
+print("})");
+
+
+my $mapin = $testClient->testMap($mapout);
+print(" = {");
+
+$first = 1;
+while( my($key,$val) = each %$mapin){
+    if ($first) {
+        $first = 0;
+    } else {
+        print(", ");
+    }
+    print("$key => $val");
+}
+print("}\n");
+
+#
+# SET TEST
+#
+my $setout = [];
+for (my $i = -2; $i < 3; ++$i) {
+    push(@$setout, $i);
+}
+
+print("testSet({".join(",",@$setout)."})");
+
+my $setin = $testClient->testSet($setout);
+
+print(" = {".join(",",@$setout)."}\n");
+
+#
+# LIST TEST
+#
+my $listout = [];
+for (my $i = -2; $i < 3; ++$i) {
+    push(@$listout, $i);
+}
+
+print("testList({".join(",",@$listout)."})");
+
+my $listin = $testClient->testList($listout);
+
+print(" = {".join(",",@$listin)."}\n");
+
+#
+# ENUM TEST
+#
+print("testEnum(ONE)");
+my $ret = $testClient->testEnum(ThriftTest::Numberz::ONE);
+print(" = $ret\n");
+
+print("testEnum(TWO)");
+$ret = $testClient->testEnum(ThriftTest::Numberz::TWO);
+print(" = $ret\n");
+
+print("testEnum(THREE)");
+$ret = $testClient->testEnum(ThriftTest::Numberz::THREE);
+print(" = $ret\n");
+
+print("testEnum(FIVE)");
+$ret = $testClient->testEnum(ThriftTest::Numberz::FIVE);
+print(" = $ret\n");
+
+print("testEnum(EIGHT)");
+$ret = $testClient->testEnum(ThriftTest::Numberz::EIGHT);
+print(" = $ret\n");
+
+#
+# TYPEDEF TEST
+#
+print("testTypedef(309858235082523)");
+my $uid = $testClient->testTypedef(309858235082523);
+print(" = $uid\n");
+
+#
+# NESTED MAP TEST
+#
+print("testMapMap(1)");
+my $mm = $testClient->testMapMap(1);
+print(" = {");
+while( my ($key,$val) = each %$mm) {
+    print("$key => {");
+    while( my($k2,$v2) = each %$val) {
+        print("$k2 => $v2, ");
+    }
+    print("}, ");
+}
+print("}\n");
+
+#
+# INSANITY TEST
+#
+my $insane = new ThriftTest::Insanity();
+$insane->{userMap}->{ThriftTest::Numberz::FIVE} = 5000;
+my $truck = new ThriftTest::Xtruct();
+$truck->string_thing("Truck");
+$truck->byte_thing(8);
+$truck->i32_thing(8);
+$truck->i64_thing(8);
+push(@{$insane->{xtructs}}, $truck);
+
+print("testInsanity()");
+my $whoa = $testClient->testInsanity($insane);
+print(" = {");
+while( my ($key,$val) = each %$whoa) {
+    print("$key => {");
+    while( my($k2,$v2) = each %$val) {
+        print("$k2 => {");
+        my $userMap = $v2->{userMap};
+        print("{");
+        if (ref($userMap) eq "HASH") {
+            while( my($k3,$v3) = each %$userMap) {
+                print("$k3 => $v3, ");
+            }
+        }
+        print("}, ");
+
+        my $xtructs = $v2->{xtructs};
+        print("{");
+        if (ref($xtructs) eq "ARRAY") {
+            foreach my $x (@$xtructs) {
+                print("{\"".$x->{string_thing}."\", ".
+                      $x->{byte_thing}.", ".$x->{i32_thing}.", ".$x->{i64_thing}."}, ");
+            }
+        }
+        print("}");
+
+        print("}, ");
+    }
+    print("}, ");
+}
+print("}\n");
+
+#
+# EXCEPTION TEST
+#
+print("testException('Xception')");
+eval {
+    $testClient->testException('Xception');
+    print("  void\nFAILURE\n");
+}; if($@ && $@->UNIVERSAL::isa('ThriftTest::Xception')) {
+    print(' caught xception '.$@->{errorCode}.': '.$@->{message}."\n");
+}
+
+
+#
+# Normal tests done.
+#
+my $stop = gettimeofday();
+my $elp  = sprintf("%d",1000*($stop - $start), 0);
+print("Total time: $elp ms\n");
+
+#
+# Extraneous "I don't trust PHP to pack/unpack integer" tests
+#
+
+# Max I32
+my $num = 2**30 + 2**30 - 1;
+my $num2 = $testClient->testI32($num);
+if ($num != $num2) {
+    print "Missed max32 $num = $num2\n";
+}
+
+# Min I32
+$num = 0 - 2**31;
+$num2 = $testClient->testI32($num);
+if ($num != $num2) {
+    print "Missed min32 $num = $num2\n";
+}
+
+# Max Number I can get out of my perl
+$num = 2**40;
+$num2 = $testClient->testI64($num);
+if ($num != $num2) {
+    print "Missed max64 $num = $num2\n";
+}
+
+# Max Number I can get out of my perl
+$num = 0 - 2**40;
+$num2 = $testClient->testI64($num);
+if ($num != $num2) {
+    print "Missed min64 $num = $num2\n";
+}
+
+$transport->close();
+
+
+