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+%%% Copyright (c) 2007- Facebook
+%%% Distributed under the Thrift Software License
+%%% 
+%%% See accompanying file LICENSE or visit the Thrift site at:
+%%% http://developers.facebook.com/thrift/
+
+-define(CLASS(Obj), element(1, Obj)).
+
+-define(DEFINE_ATTR(Attr), attr(This, get, Attr, _Value) -> This#?MODULE.Attr;
+                           attr(This, set, Attr, Value)  -> This#?MODULE{Attr=Value}
+).
+
+%%% static: use only if you're sure This is class ?MODULE and not a super/subclass
+-define(ATTR(Attr), This#?MODULE.Attr).
+
+%%% convenience for implementing inspect/1
+%%% e.g. -> "foo=5"
+-define(FORMAT_ATTR(Attr),
+	io_lib:write_atom(Attr) ++ "=" ++ io_lib:print(?ATTR(Attr))
+).
+
+-define(ATTR_DUMMY, 
+	attr(dummy, dummy, dummy, dummy) ->
+	       throw(dummy_attr_used)
+).