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+/*
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+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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+ *
+ *   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 <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include "gen-cpp/Thrift5272_types.h"
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(Thrift5272Test)
+
+namespace utf = boost::unit_test;
+
+// Define this env var to enable some logging (in case you need to debug)
+#undef ENABLE_STDERR_LOGGING
+
+using namespace thrift5272;
+
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( printTo )
+{
+  std::stringstream ss;
+  std::string text;
+  Meta a = Meta();
+
+  a.printTo(ss);
+  text = ss.str();
+  BOOST_TEST(text == "Meta(byte_type=0, i8_type=0, i16_type=0, i32_type=0, i64_type=0)");
+
+  ss.clear();
+  ss.str("");
+  a.byte_type = 50;
+  a.i8_type = 50;
+  a.i16_type = 50;
+  a.i32_type = 50;
+  a.i64_type = 50;
+  a.printTo(ss);
+  text = ss.str();
+  BOOST_TEST(text == "Meta(byte_type=50, i8_type=50, i16_type=50, i32_type=50, i64_type=50)");
+
+  ss.clear();
+  ss.str("");
+  a.byte_type = 127;
+  a.i8_type = 127;
+  a.i16_type = 127;
+  a.i32_type = 127;
+  a.i64_type = 127;
+  a.printTo(ss);
+  text = ss.str();
+  BOOST_TEST(text == "Meta(byte_type=127, i8_type=127, i16_type=127, i32_type=127, i64_type=127)");
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( ostream_handle_int8_to_str )
+{
+  int8_t t = 65;
+  std::ostringstream o;
+  o << t;
+  BOOST_TEST(o.str() != "65", "ostingstream handles int8 correctly. let's drop specialization for Thrift5272 from TToString.h.");
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()