Question

Just seeking confirmation here : apache Thrift protocol does not seem to support running multiple services on one transport endpoint ? ( a socket, file, whatever )

I cant seem to figure out how to do something like this in Thrift:

service otherService {
    void dosomething()
}

service rootService {
    otherService getOtherService()
}

There does not seem to be any concept of passing in and out service handles, ultimately limited by the protocol. Looks like you can not run two services on one transport pipe. Correct ?

Answer 1

Correct. As I understand it, only the second service would be generated by thrift, and this is what would be bound when starting the server you create in your preferred language (java, python, etc).