Chapter 2. Apache Thrift architecture
This chapter covers
- Introducing the Apache Thrift cross-language service architecture
- Explaining how endpoint transports support device independence
- Adding generic I/O features to Apache Thrift using layered transports
- Understanding Apache Thrift serialization protocols and their features
- Using the Apache Thrift IDL and the IDL compiler
- Understanding the features of the RPC server library
In the first chapter, we discussed Apache Thrift’s place in the distributed application development landscape and created a set of programs demonstrating a simple cross-language service. In this chapter, we take a sweeping look at the overall Apache Thrift framework. We’ll break down the framework into layers, examining ...
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