thrift

thrift的全名叫做Apache thrift，是一款软件开发RPC框架，可以很高效地实现跨语言的RPC服务

--远程过程调用就是一种在两个原本相互独立的进程间建立一种类似于单个程序内函数间调用的函数调用机制

thrift最初生于Facebook，并茁壮成长，在2007年由Facebook正式开源出来，2008年由Apache软件基金会开始负责项目孵化直至今日(其他的RPC框架还有protobuf(Google Protocol Buffer)、Avro、MessagePack等)

其服务端和客户端可以用不同的语言来开发。只需要依照IDL（Interface Description Language）定义一次接口，Thrift工具就能自动生成 C++, Java, Python, PHP, Ruby, Erlang, Perl, Haskell, C#, Cocoa, JavaScript, Node.js, Smalltalk, and OCaml等语言的代码

C/S中可以简化开发，不需要关注底层交互细节，定义好IDL即可

Student s = response.getStudentById(id);

Example

• Thrift Definition File

service Calculator extends shared.SharedService {

  /**
   * A method definition looks like C code. It has a return type, arguments,
   * and optionally a list of exceptions that it may throw. Note that argument
   * lists and exception lists are specified using the exact same syntax as
   * field lists in struct or exception definitions.
   */

   void ping(),

   i32 add(1:i32 num1, 2:i32 num2),

   i32 calculate(1:i32 logid, 2:Work w) throws (1:InvalidOperation ouch),

   /**
    * This method has a oneway modifier. That means the client only makes
    * a request and does not listen for any response at all. Oneway methods
    * must be void.
    */
   oneway void zip()

}

• Python Client

def main():
    # Make socket
    transport = TSocket.TSocket('localhost', 9090)

    # Buffering is critical. Raw sockets are very slow
    transport = TTransport.TBufferedTransport(transport)

    # Wrap in a protocol
    protocol = TBinaryProtocol.TBinaryProtocol(transport)

    # Create a client to use the protocol encoder
    client = Calculator.Client(protocol)

    # Connect!
    transport.open()

    client.ping()
    print('ping()')

    sum = client.add(1, 1)

• Java Server

Initialize the Server:

    try {
      TServerTransport serverTransport = new TServerSocket(9090);
      TServer server = new TSimpleServer(new Args(serverTransport).processor(processor));

      // Use this for a multithreaded server
      // TServer server = new TThreadPoolServer(new TThreadPoolServer.Args(serverTransport).processor(processor));

      System.out.println("Starting the simple server...");
      server.serve();
    } catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }

The CalculatorHandler:

public class CalculatorHandler implements Calculator.Iface {

  private HashMap<Integer,SharedStruct> log;

  public CalculatorHandler() {
    log = new HashMap<Integer, SharedStruct>();
  }

  public void ping() {
    System.out.println("ping()");
  }

  public int add(int n1, int n2) {
    System.out.println("add(" + n1 + "," + n2 + ")");
    return n1 + n2;
  }

  public int calculate(int logid, Work work) throws InvalidOperation {
    System.out.println("calculate(" + logid + ", {" + work.op + "," + work.num1 + "," + work.num2 + "})");
    int val = 0;
    switch (work.op) {
    case ADD:
      val = work.num1 + work.num2;
      break;
    case SUBTRACT:
      val = work.num1 - work.num2;
      break;
    case MULTIPLY:
      val = work.num1 * work.num2;
      break;
    case DIVIDE:
      if (work.num2 == 0) {
        InvalidOperation io = new InvalidOperation();
        io.whatOp = work.op.getValue();
        io.why = "Cannot divide by 0";
        throw io;
      }
      val = work.num1 / work.num2;
      break;
    default:
      InvalidOperation io = new InvalidOperation();
      io.whatOp = work.op.getValue();
      io.why = "Unknown operation";
      throw io;
    }

    SharedStruct entry = new SharedStruct();
    entry.key = logid;
    entry.value = Integer.toString(val);
    log.put(logid, entry);

    return val;
  }

  public SharedStruct getStruct(int key) {
    System.out.println("getStruct(" + key + ")");
    return log.get(key);
  }

  public void zip() {
    System.out.println("zip()");
  }

}

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