[THRIFT-751] Add clear() method to TBase

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.3
• Fix Version/s: 0.4
• Component/s: Java - Compiler, Java - Library
• Patch Info: Patch Available
• Assignee: Bryan Duxbury
• Reporter: Bryan Duxbury
• Created: 02/Apr/10 17:11
• Updated: 05/Aug/10 20:46
• Resolved: 05/Aug/10 20:46

Description

It'd be very handy to be able to quickly empty out a Thrift struct. This would allow one to reuse a Thrift struct reliably. In the Hadoop context, this would lead to a respectable performance benefit.