exceptionstruct testcase
diff --git a/lib/delphi/test/serializer/SerializerData.dpr b/lib/delphi/test/serializer/SerializerData.dpr
index 92ed00b..cb8ca3e 100644
--- a/lib/delphi/test/serializer/SerializerData.dpr
+++ b/lib/delphi/test/serializer/SerializerData.dpr
@@ -69,11 +69,18 @@
 end;
 
 
+function CreateBatchGetResponse : IBatchGetResponse; stdcall;
+begin
+  result := Fixtures.CreateBatchGetResponse;
+end;
+
+
 exports
   CreateOneOfEach,
   CreateNesting,
   CreateHolyMoley,
-  CreateCompactProtoTestStruct;
+  CreateCompactProtoTestStruct,
+  CreateBatchGetResponse;
 
 begin
   IsMultiThread := TRUE;
diff --git a/lib/delphi/test/serializer/SerializerData.dproj b/lib/delphi/test/serializer/SerializerData.dproj
index cfc27f8..822030f 100644
--- a/lib/delphi/test/serializer/SerializerData.dproj
+++ b/lib/delphi/test/serializer/SerializerData.dproj
@@ -1,22 +1,4 @@
-<!--
- 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.
--->
-	<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+	<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
 		<PropertyGroup>
 			<ProjectGuid>{B523D1D7-2C9A-4B39-A6CF-69EF536D5079}</ProjectGuid>
 			<MainSource>SerializerData.dpr</MainSource>
@@ -100,7 +82,7 @@
 			</BuildConfiguration>
 		</ItemGroup>
 		<Import Condition="Exists('$(BDS)\Bin\CodeGear.Delphi.Targets')" Project="$(BDS)\Bin\CodeGear.Delphi.Targets"/>
-		<Import Condition="Exists('$(APPDATA)\Embarcadero\$(BDSAPPDATABASEDIR)\$(PRODUCTVERSION)\UserTools.proj')" Project="$(APPDATA)\Embarcadero\$(BDSAPPDATABASEDIR)\$(PRODUCTVERSION)\UserTools.proj"/>
+		<Import Condition="Exists('$(APPDATA)\Embarcadero\$(BDSAPPDATABASEDIR)\8.0\UserTools.proj')" Project="$(APPDATA)\Embarcadero\$(BDSAPPDATABASEDIR)\8.0\UserTools.proj"/>
 		<PropertyGroup>
 			<PreBuildEvent><![CDATA[thrift.exe -r -gen delphi:com_types ..\keywords\ReservedKeywords.thrift
 thrift.exe -r -gen delphi:com_types ..\..\..\..\test\DebugProtoTest.thrift]]></PreBuildEvent>
diff --git a/lib/delphi/test/serializer/TestSerializer.Data.pas b/lib/delphi/test/serializer/TestSerializer.Data.pas
index 24f850d..fe09f67 100644
--- a/lib/delphi/test/serializer/TestSerializer.Data.pas
+++ b/lib/delphi/test/serializer/TestSerializer.Data.pas
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
   ComObj,
   Thrift.Protocol,
   Thrift.Collections,
+  test.TestSerializer,
   DebugProtoTest;
 
 
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@
     class function CreateNesting : INesting;
     class function CreateHolyMoley : IHolyMoley;
     class function CreateCompactProtoTestStruct : ICompactProtoTestStruct;
+    class function CreateBatchGetResponse : IBatchGetResponse;
 
   // These byte arrays are serialized versions of the above structs.
   // They were serialized in binary protocol using thrift 0.6.x and are used to
@@ -359,6 +361,11 @@
 end;
 
 
+class function Fixtures.CreateBatchGetResponse : IBatchGetResponse;
+begin
+  result := TBatchGetResponseImpl.Create;
+  x
+end;
 
 
 end.
diff --git a/lib/delphi/test/serializer/TestSerializer.Tests.pas b/lib/delphi/test/serializer/TestSerializer.Tests.pas
index e6a309e..7829d97 100644
--- a/lib/delphi/test/serializer/TestSerializer.Tests.pas
+++ b/lib/delphi/test/serializer/TestSerializer.Tests.pas
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
   Thrift.WinHTTP,
   Thrift.TypeRegistry,
   System_,
+  test.ExceptionStruct,
   DebugProtoTest;
 
 {$TYPEINFO ON}
@@ -82,8 +83,10 @@
     procedure Test_Serializer_Deserializer;
     procedure Test_COM_Types;
     procedure Test_ThriftBytesCTORs;
-    procedure Test_OneOfEach(     const method : TMethod; const factory : TFactoryPair; const stream : TFileStream);
-    procedure Test_CompactStruct( const method : TMethod; const factory : TFactoryPair; const stream : TFileStream);
+
+    procedure Test_OneOfEach(       const method : TMethod; const factory : TFactoryPair; const stream : TFileStream);
+    procedure Test_CompactStruct(   const method : TMethod; const factory : TFactoryPair; const stream : TFileStream);
+    procedure Test_ExceptionStruct( const method : TMethod; const factory : TFactoryPair; const stream : TFileStream);
 
   public
     constructor Create;
@@ -100,6 +103,7 @@
 function CreateNesting : INesting; stdcall; external SERIALIZERDATA_DLL;
 function CreateHolyMoley : IHolyMoley; stdcall; external SERIALIZERDATA_DLL;
 function CreateCompactProtoTestStruct : ICompactProtoTestStruct; stdcall; external SERIALIZERDATA_DLL;
+function CreateBatchGetResponse : IBatchGetResponse; stdcall; external SERIALIZERDATA_DLL;
 
 
 { TTestSerializer }
@@ -266,6 +270,42 @@
 end;
 
 
+procedure TTestSerializer.Test_ExceptionStruct( const method : TMethod; const factory : TFactoryPair; const stream : TFileStream);
+var tested, correct : IBatchGetResponse;
+    bytes   : TBytes;
+begin
+  // write
+  tested := CreateBatchGetResponse;
+  case method of
+    mt_Bytes:  bytes := Serialize( tested, factory);
+    mt_Stream: begin
+      stream.Size := 0;
+      Serialize( tested, factory, stream);
+    end
+  else
+    ASSERT( FALSE);
+  end;
+
+  // init + read
+  correct := TBatchGetResponseImpl.Create;
+  case method of
+    mt_Bytes:  Deserialize( bytes, tested, factory);
+    mt_Stream: begin
+      stream.Position := 0;
+      Deserialize( stream, tested, factory);
+    end
+  else
+    ASSERT( FALSE);
+  end;
+
+  // check
+  correct := CreateCompactProtoTestStruct;
+  ASSERT( correct.Field500  = tested.Field500);
+  ASSERT( correct.Field5000  = tested.Field5000);
+  ASSERT( correct.Field20000 = tested.Field20000);
+end;
+
+
 procedure TTestSerializer.Test_Serializer_Deserializer;
 var factory : TFactoryPair;
     stream  : TFileStream;
@@ -279,8 +319,9 @@
       for factory in FProtocols do begin
         Writeln('- '+UserFriendlyName(factory));
 
-        Test_OneOfEach(     method, factory, stream);
-        Test_CompactStruct( method, factory, stream);
+        Test_OneOfEach(       method, factory, stream);
+        Test_CompactStruct(   method, factory, stream);
+        Test_ExceptionStruct( method, factory, stream);
       end;
 
       Writeln;
@@ -348,6 +389,7 @@
     Test_Serializer_Deserializer;
     Test_COM_Types;
     Test_ThriftBytesCTORs;
+    Test_ExceptionStructs;
   except
     on e:Exception do begin
       Writeln( e.ClassName+': '+ e.Message);
diff --git a/lib/delphi/test/serializer/TestSerializer.dpr b/lib/delphi/test/serializer/TestSerializer.dpr
index b78c0db..00d620a 100644
--- a/lib/delphi/test/serializer/TestSerializer.dpr
+++ b/lib/delphi/test/serializer/TestSerializer.dpr
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
   System_ in 'gen-delphi\System_.pas',
   SysUtils_ in 'gen-delphi\SysUtils_.pas',
   DebugProtoTest in 'gen-delphi\DebugProtoTest.pas',
+  test.ExceptionStruct in 'gen-delphi\test.ExceptionStruct.pas',
   TestSerializer.Tests in 'TestSerializer.Tests.pas';
 
 
diff --git a/lib/delphi/test/serializer/TestSerializer.dproj b/lib/delphi/test/serializer/TestSerializer.dproj
index 383e04a..572e6e5 100644
--- a/lib/delphi/test/serializer/TestSerializer.dproj
+++ b/lib/delphi/test/serializer/TestSerializer.dproj
@@ -1,22 +1,4 @@
-<!--
- 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.
--->
-	<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+	<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
 		<PropertyGroup>
 			<ProjectGuid>{9282EDD8-7C12-41B0-8172-61C6BFA6E238}</ProjectGuid>
 			<MainSource>TestSerializer.dpr</MainSource>
@@ -85,6 +67,7 @@
 			<DCCReference Include="gen-delphi\System_.pas"/>
 			<DCCReference Include="gen-delphi\SysUtils_.pas"/>
 			<DCCReference Include="gen-delphi\DebugProtoTest.pas"/>
+			<DCCReference Include="gen-delphi\test.ExceptionStruct.pas"/>
 			<DCCReference Include="TestSerializer.Tests.pas"/>
 			<BuildConfiguration Include="Debug">
 				<Key>Cfg_2</Key>
@@ -99,10 +82,11 @@
 			</BuildConfiguration>
 		</ItemGroup>
 		<Import Condition="Exists('$(BDS)\Bin\CodeGear.Delphi.Targets')" Project="$(BDS)\Bin\CodeGear.Delphi.Targets"/>
-		<Import Condition="Exists('$(APPDATA)\Embarcadero\$(BDSAPPDATABASEDIR)\$(PRODUCTVERSION)\UserTools.proj')" Project="$(APPDATA)\Embarcadero\$(BDSAPPDATABASEDIR)\$(PRODUCTVERSION)\UserTools.proj"/>
+		<Import Condition="Exists('$(APPDATA)\Embarcadero\$(BDSAPPDATABASEDIR)\8.0\UserTools.proj')" Project="$(APPDATA)\Embarcadero\$(BDSAPPDATABASEDIR)\8.0\UserTools.proj"/>
 		<PropertyGroup>
 			<PreBuildEvent><![CDATA[thrift.exe -r -gen delphi:com_types,rtti ..\keywords\ReservedKeywords.thrift
-thrift.exe -r -gen delphi:com_types ..\..\..\..\test\DebugProtoTest.thrift]]></PreBuildEvent>
+thrift.exe -r -gen delphi:com_types ..\..\..\..\test\DebugProtoTest.thrift
+thrift.exe -r -gen delphi:com_types ..\..\..\..\test\ExceptionStruct.thrift]]></PreBuildEvent>
 		</PropertyGroup>
 		<ProjectExtensions>
 			<Borland.Personality>Delphi.Personality.12</Borland.Personality>
diff --git a/test/ExceptionStruct.thrift b/test/ExceptionStruct.thrift
index 3d1d549..b962209 100644
--- a/test/ExceptionStruct.thrift
+++ b/test/ExceptionStruct.thrift
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-namespace test.ExceptionStruct
+namespace * test.ExceptionStruct
 
 enum ErrorCode {
   GenericError,
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@
 }
 
 struct GetRequest {
-  1: string id;
-  2: binary data     # some arbitrary data
+  1: string id
+  2: binary data     // some arbitrary data
 }
 
 struct GetResponse {
   1: i32 job_nr
-  2: binary data     # some arbitrary data
+  2: binary data     // some arbitrary data
 }
 
 struct BatchGetRequest {