[AVRO-1778] IPC/RPC for JavaScript

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Component/s: javascript
• Assignee: Ryan Blue
• Reporter: Matthieu Monsch
• Created: 10/Jan/16 22:10
• Updated: 19/Jul/16 09:00
• Resolved: 06/Feb/16 18:57

Description

This patch adds protocols to the JavaScript implementation.

The API was designed to:

+ Be simple and idiomatic. The `Protocol` class added here is heavily inspired by node.js' core `EventEmitter` to keep things as familiar as possible [1]. Getting a client and server working is straightforward and requires very few lines of code [2].

+ Support arbitrary transports, both stateful and stateless. Built-in node.js streams are supported out of the box (e.g. TCP/UNIX sockets, or even stdin/stdout). Exchanging messages over a custom transport requires implementing a single simple function (see [3] for an example).

+ Work both server-side and in the browser!

Ps: I also tested against both the Java and Python implementations over HTTP and communication worked.

[1] https://github.com/mtth/avsc/wiki/API#ipc--rpc
[2] https://github.com/mtth/avsc/wiki/Advanced-usage#remote-procedure-calls
[3] https://github.com/mtth/avsc/wiki/Advanced-usage#transient-streams