Add thrift_client:send_call which sends a function call but doesn't read a response.

Summary:
  This is for logging applications with thrift_disk_log_transport, so the function calls
  logged don't necessarily have to be async void

Test plan:
  Added to test_disklog.erl


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/thrift/trunk@666465 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

lib/alterl/src/thrift_client.erl

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 -behaviour(gen_server).
 
 %% API
--export([start_link/2, start_link/3, start_link/4, call/3, close/1]).
+-export([start_link/2, start_link/3, start_link/4, call/3, send_call/3, close/1]).
 
 %% gen_server callbacks
 -export([init/1, handle_call/3, handle_cast/2, handle_info/2,
@@ -93,6 +93,14 @@ call(Client, Function, Args)
         {exception, Exception} -> throw(Exception)
     end.
 
+%% Sends a function call but does not read the result. This is useful
+%% if you're trying to log non-async function calls to write-only
+%% transports like thrift_disk_log_transport.
+send_call(Client, Function, Args)
+  when is_pid(Client), is_atom(Function), is_list(Args) ->
+    gen_server:call(Client, {send_call, Function, Args}).
+
+
 close(Client) when is_pid(Client) ->
     gen_server:cast(Client, close).
 
@@ -129,13 +137,30 @@ handle_call({connect, ProtocolFactory}, _From,
             {stop, normal, Error, State}
     end;
 
-handle_call({call, Function, Args}, _From, State = #state{service = Service,
+handle_call({call, Function, Args}, _From, State = #state{service = Service}) ->
-                                                          protocol = Protocol,
+    Result = catch_function_exceptions(
-                                                          seqid = SeqId}) ->
+               fun() ->
-    Result =
-        try
                        ok = send_function_call(State, Function, Args),
                        receive_function_result(State, Function)
+               end,
+               Service),
+    {reply, Result, State};
+
+
+handle_call({send_call, Function, Args}, _From, State = #state{service = Service}) ->
+    Result = catch_function_exceptions(
+               fun() ->
+                       send_function_call(State, Function, Args)
+               end,
+               Service),
+    {reply, Result, State}.
+
+
+%% Helper function that catches exceptions thrown by sending or receiving
+%% a function and returns the correct response for call or send_only above.
+catch_function_exceptions(Fun, Service) ->
+    try
+        Fun()
     catch
         throw:{return, Return} ->
             Return;
@@ -146,9 +171,8 @@ handle_call({call, Function, Args}, _From, State = #state{service = Service,
                     {error, {no_function, Function}};
                 _ -> throw({error, {function_clause, ST}})
             end
-        end,
+    end.
 
-    {reply, Result, State}.
 
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% Function: handle_cast(Msg, State) -> {noreply, State} |

test/erl/src/test_disklog.erl

@@ -13,11 +13,16 @@ t() ->
     {ok, Client} = thrift_client:start_link(ProtocolFactory, thriftTest_thrift),
 
     io:format("Client started~n"),
+
     % We have to make async calls into this client only since otherwise it will try
     % to read from the disklog and go boom.
     {ok, ok} = thrift_client:call(Client, testAsync, [16#deadbeef]),
     io:format("Call written~n"),
 
+    % Use the send_call method to write a non-async call into the log
+    ok = thrift_client:send_call(Client, testString, [<<"hello world">>]),
+    io:format("Non-async call sent~n"),
+
     ok = thrift_client:close(Client),
     io:format("Client closed~n"),