diff --git a/lib/alterl/include/thrift_constants.hrl b/lib/alterl/include/thrift_constants.hrl
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+++ b/lib/alterl/include/thrift_constants.hrl
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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/
+
+%% TType
+-define(tType_STOP, 0).
+-define(tType_VOID, 1).
+-define(tType_BOOL, 2).
+-define(tType_BYTE, 3).
+-define(tType_DOUBLE, 4).
+-define(tType_I16, 6).
+-define(tType_I32, 8).
+-define(tType_I64, 10).
+-define(tType_STRING, 11).
+-define(tType_STRUCT, 12).
+-define(tType_MAP, 13).
+-define(tType_SET, 14).
+-define(tType_LIST, 15).
+
+% TMessageType
+-define(tMessageType_CALL, 1).
+-define(tMessageType_REPLY, 2).
+-define(tMessageType_EXCEPTION, 3).
diff --git a/lib/alterl/include/thrift_protocol.hrl b/lib/alterl/include/thrift_protocol.hrl
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+-ifndef(THRIFT_PROTOCOL_INCLUDED).
+-define(THRIFT_PROTOCOL_INCLUDED, yea).
+
+-record(protocol_message_begin, {name, type, seqid}).
+-record(protocol_field_begin, {name, type, id}).
+-record(protocol_map_begin, {ktype, vtype, size}).
+-record(protocol_list_begin, {etype, size}).
+-record(protocol_set_begin, {etype, size}).
+
+
+-endif.