Index

A

• Adopters page
  • URL / Apache Thrift in Twitter
• Ansible
  • URL / Code deployment
• Apache Avro
  • URL / Apache Avro
  • about / Apache Avro
• Apache Thrift
  • distributed systems / Distributed systems and their services, Distributed systems
  • service-oriented architecture / Service-oriented architecture
  • about / An introduction to Apache Thrift
  • supported programming languages / Supported programming languages
  • reference / Supported programming languages
  • data types / Data types
  • transports / Transports
  • protocols / Protocols
  • versioning / Versioning
  • security / Security
  • interface description language / Interface description language
  • considerations / When to choose Apache Thrift
  • installing, on Linux / Installing Apache Thrift on Linux
  • installing, on Mac OS X / Installing Apache Thrift on Mac OS X, Installing Apache Thrift
  • installing, on Windows / Installing Apache Thrift on Windows
  • installation, testing / Testing the installation
  • tools, preparing / Prepare your tools
  • architecture / Apache Thrift's architecture
  • type system / Apache Thrift's type system
  • IDL syntax / IDL syntax
  • real-world examples / Real-world examples of the usage of Apache Thrift
• Apache Thrift, in production
  • about / Apache Thrift in production
  • code version control systems / Code version control systems
  • code deployment / Code deployment
  • Apache Thrift versioning / Apache Thrift versioning
  • Apache Thrift performance / Apache Thrift performance
  • service multiplexing / Service multiplexing
  • security issues / Security issues
• Apache Thrift-enabled application
  • necessary project files, creating / Creating necessary project files
  • code, running / Running the code, What really happened?
  • code, analyzing / Analyzing the code
• Apache Thrift document
  • preparing / Preparing the Apache Thrift document
  • base.thrift / The basic toolbox – base.thrift
  • mytoolbox.thrift / The MyToolbox service – mytoolbox.thrift
  • IDL files compiling / Compiling the IDL files
• Apache Thrift installation, on Linux
  • performing / Installing Apache Thrift on Linux, Installing Apache Thrift
  • requisites / Installation requirements
  • dependencies, installing / Installing dependencies
  • dependencies, installing on CentOS / Installing dependencies on CentOS
  • dependencies, installing on Debian and Ubuntu / Installing dependencies on Debian and Ubuntu
• Apache Thrift performance
  • about / Apache Thrift performance
  • Java servers, comparing / Comparing Java servers
  • C++ servers, comparing / Comparing C++ servers
• architecture, Apache Thrift
  • about / Apache Thrift's architecture
  • schema, for typical workflow / Going about using the tool
  • network stack / The network stack
• authentication / General security tips
• authorization / General security tips

B

• base.thrift / The basic toolbox – base.thrift
• basic variable types
  • about / Basic types

C

• C++
  • about / C++
  • code, generating / Generating the code
  • code, examining / Examining the code
  • transports / Transports
  • protocols / Protocols
  • servers / Servers
  • service, implementing / Implementing and running the service
  • service, running / Implementing and running the service
  • client, implementing / Implementing and running the client
  • client, running / Implementing and running the client
• Capistrano
  • URL / Code deployment
• Chef
  • URL / Code deployment
• clients
  • implementing / Implementing and running clients
  • running / Implementing and running clients
  • creating, in PHP / Creating a client in PHP
  • creating, in Ruby / Creating a client in Ruby
• code, Apache Thrift-enabled application
  • analyzing / Analyzing the code
  • service description / The service description – IDL
  • server script / The server script – PHP
  • client script / The client script – Python
• Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA)
  • about / CORBA
  • URL / CORBA
• compiler errors
  • about / Syntax errors
• containers
  • about / Containers
  • list / list
  • set / set
  • map / map
  • usage / Usage of containers
• custom protocols
  • about / Custom protocols
  • disadvantages / Custom protocols

D

• data types
  • about / Data types
• decoding / Protocol
• definitions
  • about / Definitions
  • const keyword / const
  • typedef keyword / typedef
• dependency hell
  • about / Versioning
• Diffy
  • about / Apache Thrift in Twitter
  • URL / Apache Thrift in Twitter
• distributed systems, Apache Thrift
  • about / Distributed systems
  • maintainability / Maintainability
  • scalability / Scalability
  • testability / Testability

E

• encoding / Protocol
• enums
  • about / Enums
• errors
  • about / What are the type of errors that can occur?
  • syntax errors / Syntax errors
  • runtime errors / Runtime errors
  • logic errors / Logic errors
• Evernote
  • URL / Apache Thrift in Evernote
  • about / Apache Thrift in Evernote
  • usage, in Apache Thrift / Apache Thrift in Evernote
• example application
  • about / Our example application
  • planning / Planning out your work
  • overview / Getting a general idea of the example application
  • errors / Getting a general idea of the example application
  • technical overview / A technical overview of the application
• exception handling, Apache Thrift
  • about / Handling exceptions in Apache Thrift
  • example code / An example code
  • divide method, implementing / Implementing the divide method
  • without error handling / Running the application without error handling
  • error handling, adding to server / Adding error handling to the server
  • error handling, adding to client / Adding error handling to the client
  • advanced error handling / Advanced error handling
• exceptions
  • about / Exceptions, What are exceptions and how to handle them?
  • handling / What are exceptions and how to handle them?

F

• Facebook
  • URL / FBThrift in Facebook
• FBThrift, in Facebook
  • about / FBThrift in Facebook
  • URL / FBThrift in Facebook
• Finagle
  • URL / Apache Thrift in Twitter
  • about / Apache Thrift in Twitter
• Flipkart
  • URL / Apache Thrift in other companies
  • about / Apache Thrift in other companies
• Folly
  • URL / FBThrift in Facebook

G

• guest / Installing dependencies

H

• headers, IDL syntax
  • about / Headers
  • Thrift include / Thrift include
  • C++ include / C++ include
  • namespace / Namespace
• Homebrew
  • URL / Installing Apache Thrift on Mac OS X
• horizontal scaling / Scalability
• host / Installing dependencies
• HTTP methods
  • GET / RESTful APIs
  • PUT / RESTful APIs
  • POST / RESTful APIs
  • DELETE / RESTful APIs

I

• IDL syntax
  • about / IDL syntax
  • comments / Comments
  • document / Document
  • headers / Headers
  • definitions / Definitions
• installation
  • Apache Thrift, on Linux / Installing Apache Thrift on Linux
  • Apache Thrift, on Mac OS X / Installing Apache Thrift on Mac OS X
  • Apache Thrift, on Windows / Installing Apache Thrift on Windows
• interface definition language (IDL) / An introduction to Apache Thrift

J

• Java
  • about / Java
  • code, generating / Generating the code
  • code, examining / Examining the code
  • transports / Transports
  • protocols / Protocols
  • servers / Servers
  • service, implementing / Implementing and running the service
  • service, running / Implementing and running the service
  • client, running / Implementing and running the client
  • client, implementing / Implementing and running the client
• JavaScript
  • about / JavaScript
  • code, generating / Generating the code
  • code, examining / Examining the code
  • servers / Transport, protocol, and servers
  • transports / Transport, protocol, and servers
  • protocols / Transport, protocol, and servers
  • client, implementing / Implementing and running the client
  • client, running / Implementing and running the client
• JSON-RPC
  • about / XML-RPC and JSON-RPC

L

• Linux
  • Apache Thrift, installing / Installing Apache Thrift on Linux
• Linux ISO image
  • URL / Installing dependencies
• logic errors
  • about / Logic errors

M

• Mac OS X
  • Apache Thrift, installing / Installing Apache Thrift on Mac OS X, Installing Apache Thrift
• MapKeeper
  • reference / Apache Thrift performance
• multiplexing
  • about / Protocols
  / Protocols
• mytoolbox.thrift / The MyToolbox service – mytoolbox.thrift

N

• network stack
  • transport layer / Transport
  • protocol / Protocol
  • processor / Processor
  • server and client / Server and client
  • example / Example
• new_style classes / Generating the code
• nodes / Scalability

O

• Oracle VirtualBox
  • URL / Installing dependencies

P

• Phantom
  • about / Apache Thrift in other companies
  • URL / Apache Thrift in other companies
• PHP
  • about / PHP
  • code, generating / Generating the code
  • code, examining / Examining the code
  • transports / Transports
  • protocols / Protocols
  • servers / Servers
  • service, implementing / Implementing and running the service
  • service, running / Implementing and running the service
  • client, implementing / Implementing and running the client
  • client, running / Implementing and running the client
• PHP documentation
  • URL / The service code in PHP
• Pinterest
  • URL / Apache Thrift in other companies
  • about / Apache Thrift in other companies
• project files, Apache Thrift-enabled application
  • creating / Creating necessary project files
  • local copy of Apache Thrift libraries, creating / Creating a local copy of the Apache Thrift libraries
  • first service, defining / Defining our first service and generating files
  • files, generating / Defining our first service and generating files
  • service code, in PHP / The service code in PHP
  • client code, in Python / The client code in Python
• Protocol Buffers
  • about / Protocol Buffers
• protocols
  • about / Protocols, Protocol
  • TBinaryProtocol / Protocol
  • TCompactProtocol / Protocol
  • TJSONProtocol / Protocol
• Puppet
  • URL / Code deployment
• Python
  • about / Python
  • code, generating / Generating the code
  • code, examining / Examining the code
  • transports / Transports
  • protocols / Protocols
  • servers / Servers
  • libraries, building / Building the libraries
  • service, implementing / Implementing and running the service
  • service, running / Implementing and running the service
  • client, implementing / Implementing and running the client
  • client, running / Implementing and running the client

Q

• Quasar
  • URL / Apache Thrift in other companies
  • about / Apache Thrift in other companies

R

• real-world examples, Apache Thrift
  • FBThrift in Facebook / FBThrift in Facebook
  • Apache Thrift in Evernote / Apache Thrift in Evernote
  • Apache Thrift in Twitter / Apache Thrift in Twitter
  • Apache Thrift in other companies / Apache Thrift in other companies
• remote procedure call (RPC)
  • about / XML-RPC and JSON-RPC
• Representational State Transfer (REST)
  • about / RESTful APIs
• RESTful APIs
  • about / RESTful APIs
  • HTTP methods, using / RESTful APIs
  • advantages / RESTful APIs
  • disadvantages / RESTful APIs
• Ruby
  • about / Ruby
  • code, generating / Generating the code
  • code, examining / Examining the code
  • transports / Transports
  • protocols / Protocols
  • servers / Servers
  • service, implementing / Implementing and running the service
  • service, running / Implementing and running the service
  • client, implementing / Implementing and running the client
  • client, running / Implementing and running the client
• runtime errors
  • about / Runtime errors
  • examples / Runtime errors

S

• Scala Build Tool (SBT) / Apache Thrift in Twitter
• Scrooge
  • URL / Apache Thrift in Twitter
  • about / Apache Thrift in Twitter
• security
  • about / Security
• security issues
  • about / Security issues
  • general security tips / General security tips
  • Transport Layer Security (TLS) / Transport Layer Security/Secure Sockets Layer
  • Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) / Transport Layer Security/Secure Sockets Layer
  • keystores, generating / Generating keystores
  • keystores, using in Java code / Using keystores in the Java code
• serialization / An introduction to Apache Thrift
• server
  • about / Server and client
  • TNonblockingServer / Server and client
  • TThreadPoolServer / Server and client
  • TSimpleServer / Server and client
• server implementation
  • about / Implementing the server
  • files, importing / Imports
  • errors, displaying on console / Displaying errors on the console (logger)
  • service methods, implementing / Implementing service methods
  • server, creating / Creating the server
  • server, running / Running the server
• servers, Java
  • THsHaServer / Servers
  • TThreadedSelectorServer / Servers
• servers, Python
  • TThreadedServer / Servers
  • TForkingServer / Servers
  • TProcessPoolServer / Servers
  • THttpServer / Servers
• servers, Ruby
  • ThreadedServer / Servers
  • ThinHTTPServer / Servers
• service-oriented architecture (SOA) / Service-oriented architecture
• services
  • about / Services
• Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) / Transports
• slots
  • about / Generating the code
  • reference / Generating the code
• SOAP
  • about / SOAP and WSDL
• SOAP message
  • envelope / SOAP and WSDL
  • header / SOAP and WSDL
  • body / SOAP and WSDL
  • fault / SOAP and WSDL
• special types
  • about / Special types
• structs
  • about / Structs

T

• technical overview, example application
  • about / A technical overview of the application
  • get_distance / get_distance
  • find_occurences / find_occurences
  • save_to_log / save_to_log
  • server / The server
  • clients / Clients
• test-driven development (TDD)
  • about / Logic errors
• throwing an exception / What are exceptions and how to handle them?
• time zone identifiers
  • reference / The service code in PHP
• tornado
  • about / Generating the code
  • URL / Generating the code
• transports
  • about / Transports, Transport
  • TSocket / Transport
  • TPhpStream (only in PHP) / Transport
  • TBufferedTransport / Transport
  • TFramedTransport / Transport
  • TFileTransport / Transport
• transports, C++
  • about / Transports
  • TMemoryBuffer / Transports
  • THttpTransport / Transports
  • TPipe / Transports
  • TSSLSocket / Transports
  • TZlibTransport / Transports
• transports, Java
  • TFastFramedTransport / Transports
  • TSaslClientTransport / Transports
  • TSaslServerTransport / Transports
• transports, Python
  • about / Transports
  • TMemoryBuffer / Transports
  • TSSLSocket / Transports
  • TSaslClient / Transports
  • TZlibTransport / Transports
  • THttpClient / Transports
• transports, Ruby
  • about / Transports
  • IOStreamTransport / Transports
  • MemoryBufferTransport / Transports
• twisted
  • about / Generating the code
  • URL / Generating the code
• Twitter
  • about / Apache Thrift in Twitter
  • URL / Apache Thrift in Twitter
  • usage, in Apache Thrift / Apache Thrift in Twitter
• type system
  • about / Apache Thrift's type system
  • basic types / Apache Thrift's type system, Basic types
  • special types / Apache Thrift's type system, Special types
  • structs / Apache Thrift's type system, Structs
  • containers / Apache Thrift's type system, Containers
  • exceptions / Apache Thrift's type system, Exceptions
  • services / Apache Thrift's type system, Services
  • unions / Unions
  • enums / Enums

U

• uniformly namespaces / Namespace
• unions
  • about / Unions
• Universal Resource Identifier (URI) / RESTful APIs
• utf8strings
  • about / Generating the code

V

• version control systems (VCSs) / Code version control systems
  • security (backup) / Code version control systems
  • collaboration / Code version control systems
  • version control / Code version control systems
  • code delivery / Code version control systems
• versioning
  • about / Versioning
• vertical scaling / Scalability
• VMware Player Pro
  • URL / Installing dependencies

W

• Web Services Description Language (WSDL) / SOAP and WSDL
• Windows
  • Apache Thrift, installing / Installing Apache Thrift on Windows
• workflow, Apache Thrift
  • services, designing / Designing the services
  • interface description, preparing / Preparing the interface description
  • service, generating / Generating service and client libraries
  • client libraries / Generating service and client libraries
  • services, implementing / Implementing services and clients
  • clients, implementing / Implementing services and clients
  • server, running / Running server and clients
  • clients, running / Running server and clients

X

• XML-RPC
  • about / XML-RPC and JSON-RPC

Z

• 7-Zip
  • URL / Creating a local copy of the Apache Thrift libraries