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+--
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+--
+--   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+--
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+-- specific language governing permissions and limitations
+-- under the License.
+--
+
+module ThriftTestUtils (ClientFunc, ServerFunc, clientLog, serverLog, testLog, runTest) where
+
+
+import qualified Control.Concurrent
+import qualified Network
+import qualified System.IO
+
+
+serverPort :: Network.PortNumber
+serverPort = 9090
+
+serverAddress :: (String, Network.PortID)
+serverAddress = ("localhost", Network.PortNumber serverPort)
+
+
+testLog :: String -> IO ()
+testLog str = do
+    System.IO.hPutStr System.IO.stdout $ str ++ "\n"
+    System.IO.hFlush System.IO.stdout
+
+
+clientLog :: String -> IO ()
+clientLog str = testLog $ "CLIENT: " ++ str
+
+serverLog :: String -> IO ()
+serverLog str = testLog $ "SERVER: " ++ str
+
+
+type ServerFunc = Network.PortNumber -> IO ()
+type ClientFunc = (String, Network.PortID) -> IO ()
+
+runTest :: ServerFunc -> ClientFunc -> IO ()
+runTest server client = do
+    _ <- Control.Concurrent.forkIO (server serverPort)
+
+    -- Fairly horrible; this does not 100% guarantees that the other thread
+    -- has actually opened the socket we need... but not much else we can do
+    -- without this, the client races the server to the socket, and wins every
+    -- time
+    Control.Concurrent.yield
+    Control.Concurrent.threadDelay $ 500 * 1000 -- unit is in _micro_seconds
+    Control.Concurrent.yield
+
+    _ <- client serverAddress
+
+    testLog "SUCCESS"