Make default accessors for binary fields return byte[]; provide new accessors 
to get ByteBuffer version
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                 Key: THRIFT-894
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-894
             Project: Thrift
          Issue Type: Improvement
            Reporter: Bryan Duxbury
             Fix For: 0.5


Folks have pointed out that it's not always best for users to interact with the 
ByteBuffers that are now backing binary fields in our structs. In truth, it 
seems like ByteBuffers are probably an expert means of access, with associated 
benefits and complexities.

I think we should generate two different sets of accessors for binary fields: a 
default set, named like usual, that return and take byte[], and a second set, 
named something like "get_buffer_for_<field>" that returns the underlying 
ByteBuffer. The byte[] accessors can wrap around the ByteBuffer ones as 
necessary.

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