lib/erl/README.md

# Thrift Erlang Software Library #

## License ##

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## Release Notes ##

### 0.9.2 ###

as of 0.9.2 struct and function naming conventions have changed. to retain the
old naming conventions (for backwards compatibility) use the compiler option
`legacynames`

## Example ##

Example session using thrift_client:

```erl
1> {ok, C0} = thrift_client_util:new("localhost", 9090, thrift_test_thrift, []), ok.
ok
2> {C1, R1} = thrift_client:call(C0, testVoid, []), R1.
{ok,ok}
3> {C2, R2} = thrift_client:call(C1, testVoid, [asdf]), R2.
{error,{bad_args,testVoid,[asdf]}}
4> {C3, R3} = thrift_client:call(C2, testI32, [123]), R3.
{ok,123}
5> {C4, R4} = thrift_client:call(C3, testOneway, [1]), R4.
{ok,ok}
6> {C5, R5} = thrift_client:call(C4, testXception, ["foo"]), R5.
{error,{no_function,testXception}}
7> {C6, R6} = thrift_client:call(C5, testException, ["foo"]), R6.
{ok,ok}
8> {C7, R7} = (catch thrift_client:call(C6, testException, ["Xception"])), R7.
{exception,{xception,1001,<<"Xception">>}}
```