Add a README to alterl which shows how to use thrift_client
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/thrift/trunk@666420 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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+Example session using thrift_client:
+
+118> f(), {ok, C} = thrift_client:start_link("localhost", 9090, thriftTest_thrif
+t).
+{ok,<0.271.0>}
+119> thrift_client:call(C, testVoid, []).
+{ok,ok}
+120> thrift_client:call(C, testVoid, [asdf]).
+{error,{bad_args,testVoid,[asdf]}}
+121> thrift_client:call(C, testI32, [123]).
+{ok,123}
+122> thrift_client:call(C, testAsync, [1]).
+{ok,ok}
+123> catch thrift_client:call(C, testXception, ["foo"]).
+{error,{no_function,testXception}}
+124> catch thrift_client:call(C, testException, ["foo"]).
+{ok,ok}
+125> catch thrift_client:call(C, testException, ["Xception"]).
+{xception,1001,"This is an Xception"}
+126> thrift_client:call(C, testException, ["Xception"]).
+
+=ERROR REPORT==== 24-Feb-2008::23:00:23 ===
+Error in process <0.269.0> with exit value: {{nocatch,{xception,1001,"This is an
+ Xception"}},[{thrift_client,call,3},{erl_eval,do_apply,5},{shell,exprs,6},{shel
+l,eval_loop,3}]}
+
+** exited: {{nocatch,{xception,1001,"This is an Xception"}},
+ [{thrift_client,call,3},
+ {erl_eval,do_apply,5},
+ {shell,exprs,6},
+ {shell,eval_loop,3}]} **