svn commit: r679501 - /incubator/thrift/trunk/tutorial/tutorial.thrift

[dr...@apache.org]

Author: dreiss
Date: Thu Jul 24 12:13:54 2008
New Revision: 679501

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=679501&view=rev
Log:
THRIFT-85. Include an example of an optional field in tutorial.thrift

Modified:
    incubator/thrift/trunk/tutorial/tutorial.thrift

Modified: incubator/thrift/trunk/tutorial/tutorial.thrift
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/thrift/trunk/tutorial/tutorial.thrift?rev=679501&r1=679500&r2=679501&view=diff
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--- incubator/thrift/trunk/tutorial/tutorial.thrift (original)
+++ incubator/thrift/trunk/tutorial/tutorial.thrift Thu Jul 24 12:13:54 2008
@@ -78,11 +78,16 @@
  * Structs are the basic complex data structures. They are comprised of fields
  * which each have an integer identifier, a type, a symbolic name, and an
  * optional default value.
+ *
+ * Fields can be declared "optional", which ensures they will not be included
+ * in the serialized output if they aren't set.  Note that this requires some
+ * manual management in some languages.
  */
 struct Work {
   1: i32 num1 = 0,
   2: i32 num2,
-  3: Operation op
+  3: Operation op,
+  4: optional string comment,
 }
 
 /**