[jira] [Created] (THRIFT-2067) Thrift objects should have a default string representation

["Vitali Lovich (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Vitali Lovich created THRIFT-2067:
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             Summary: Thrift objects should have a default string representation
                 Key: THRIFT-2067
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-2067
             Project: Thrift
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: C++ - Compiler, C++ - Library
            Reporter: Vitali Lovich


Just like thrift objects implement a custom toString in Java, there should be an inline friend function that writes a text representation of the struct to a std::ostream.  Probably makes sense for the text representation to be similar to C++:

{code}
class MyThriftClass {
    friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, MyThriftClass) {
        o << "MyThriftClass[";
        o << "field1=" << field1;
        if (__isset.field2) {
             o << ", field2=" << field2;
        }
        o << ", list1=" << apache::thrift::util::to_string(list1);
        return o << "]";
    }
    // ...
}
{code}

There will also probably be a util.h file to include that implements generic template to_string for lists, maps, & sets.

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