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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2006- Facebook
+ * Distributed under the Thrift Software License
+ *
+ * See accompanying file LICENSE or visit the Thrift site at:
+ * http://developers.facebook.com/thrift/
+ *
+ * @package thrift
+ * @author Aditya Agarwal <aditya@facebook.com>
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Abstract Class providing null implementation for FacebookService
+ * methods.
+ */
+class FacebookBase implements FacebookServiceIf {
+  protected $name_ = '';
+
+  public function __construct($name) {
+    $this->name_ = $name;
+  }
+
+  public function getName() {
+    return $this->name_;
+  }
+
+  public function getVersion() { 
+    return ''; 
+  }
+
+  public function getStatus() { 
+    return null; 
+  } 
+  
+  public function getStatusDetails() { 
+    return '';
+  }
+ 
+  public function getCounters() { 
+    return array();
+  } 
+
+  public function getCounter($key) { 
+    return null;
+  } 
+
+  public function setOption($key, $value) { 
+    return;
+  } 
+
+  public function getOption($key) { 
+    return ''; 
+  } 
+
+  public function getOptions() { 
+    return array();
+  } 
+
+  public function aliveSince() { 
+    return 0;
+  } 
+
+  public function getCpuProfile($duration) { 
+    return ''; 
+  }
+
+  public function getLimitedReflection() { 
+    return array();
+  } 
+
+  public function reinitialize() { 
+    return;
+  }
+
+  public function shutdown() { 
+    return;
+  }
+
+}
+