THRIFT-85. Include an example of an optional field in tutorial.thrift
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/thrift/trunk@679501 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
diff --git a/tutorial/tutorial.thrift b/tutorial/tutorial.thrift
index 6e83939..bc199e4 100755
--- a/tutorial/tutorial.thrift
+++ b/tutorial/tutorial.thrift
@@ -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,
}
/**