diff --git a/lib/erl/src/transport/tBufferedTransport.erl b/lib/erl/src/transport/tBufferedTransport.erl
index 3c0a046..18d9af9 100644
--- a/lib/erl/src/transport/tBufferedTransport.erl
+++ b/lib/erl/src/transport/tBufferedTransport.erl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %%% 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/
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 -export([attr/4, super/0, inspect/1]).
 
--export([new/1, isOpen/1, open/1, close/1, read/2, effectful_write/2, effectful_flush/1]).
+-export([new/1, isOpen/1, effectful_open/1, effectful_close/1, read/2, effectful_write/2, effectful_flush/1]).
 
 %%%
 %%% define attributes
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
 ?DEFINE_ATTR(super);
 ?DEFINE_ATTR(transport);
 ?DEFINE_ATTR(wbuf).
-   
+
 %%%
 %%% behavior callbacks
 %%%
- 
+
 %%% super() -> SuperModule = atom()
 %%%             |  none
 
@@ -58,13 +58,15 @@
     Transport = oop:get(This, transport),
     ?R0(Transport, isOpen).
 
-open(This) ->
+effectful_open(This) ->
     Transport = oop:get(This, transport),
-    ?R0(Transport, open).
+    ?R0(Transport, effectful_open),
+    {ok, This}.
 
-close(This) ->
+effectful_close(This) ->
     Transport = oop:get(This, transport),
-    ?R0(Transport, close).
+    ?R0(Transport, effectful_close),
+    {ok, This}.
 
 read(This, Sz) ->
     Transport = oop:get(This, transport),
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@
 
 effectful_flush(This) ->
     Wbuf = oop:get(This, wbuf),
-    Transport = oop:get(This, transport),    
+    Transport = oop:get(This, transport),
     ?R1(Transport, effectful_write, Wbuf),
     ?R0(Transport, effectful_flush),
     This1 = oop:set(This, wbuf, ""),
diff --git a/lib/erl/src/transport/tTransport.erl b/lib/erl/src/transport/tTransport.erl
index a7293be..73bcf72 100644
--- a/lib/erl/src/transport/tTransport.erl
+++ b/lib/erl/src/transport/tTransport.erl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %%% 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/
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 -export([attr/4, super/0, inspect/1]).
 
--export([new/0, isOpen/1, open/1, close/1, read/2, readAll/2, effectful_write/2, effectful_flush/1]).
+-export([new/0, isOpen/1, effectful_open/1, effectful_close/1, read/2, readAll/2, effectful_write/2, effectful_flush/1]).
 
 %%%
 %%% define attributes
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 %%%
 %%% behavior callbacks
 %%%
- 
+
 %%% super() -> SuperModule = atom()
 %%%             |  none
 
@@ -53,31 +53,42 @@
 e() ->
     exit('tTransport is abstract').
 
-isOpen(_This)    -> e(), nil.
-open(_This)      -> e(), nil.
-close(_This)     -> e(), nil.
-read(_This, _Sz) -> e(), nil.
+isOpen(_This) ->
+    e(),
+    nil.
+
+effectful_open(This) ->
+    e(),
+    {nil, This}.
+
+effectful_close(This) ->
+    e(),
+    {nil, This}.
+
+read(_This, _Sz) ->
+    e(),
+    nil.
 
 readAll(This, Sz) ->
     readAll_loop(This, Sz, "", 0).
 
 readAll_loop(This, Sz, Buff, Have) ->
-    if 
-	Have < Sz ->
-	    Chunk = ?L1(read, Sz - Have),
+    if
+        Have < Sz ->
+            Chunk = ?L1(read, Sz - Have),
 
-	    %% man gen_tcp:
-	    %% exactly Length bytes are returned, or an error; 
-	    %% possibly discarding less than Length bytes of data when 
-	    %% the socket gets closed from the other side.
+            %% man gen_tcp:
+            %% exactly Length bytes are returned, or an error;
+            %% possibly discarding less than Length bytes of data when
+            %% the socket gets closed from the other side.
 
-	    %% error_logger:info_msg("READ |~p|", [Chunk]),
+            %% error_logger:info_msg("READ |~p|", [Chunk]),
 
-	    Have1 = Have + (Sz-Have), % length(Chunk)
-	    Buff1 = Buff ++ Chunk, % TODO: ++ efficiency?
-	    readAll_loop(This, Sz, Buff1, Have1);
-	true ->
-	    Buff
+            Have1 = Have + (Sz-Have), % length(Chunk)
+            Buff1 = Buff ++ Chunk, % TODO: ++ efficiency?
+            readAll_loop(This, Sz, Buff1, Have1);
+        true ->
+            Buff
     end.
 
 effectful_write(This, _Buf) ->