[HBASE-1015] HBase Native Client Library

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 0.20.6, 1.0.0
• Component/s: Client
• Hadoop Flags: Incompatible change
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Andrew Kyle Purtell
• Created: 21/Nov/08 20:04
• Updated: 11/Jun/22 20:28
• Resolved: 26/Mar/16 03:16

Description

If via HBASE-794 first class support for talking via Thrift directly to HMaster and HRS is available, then pure C and C++ client libraries are possible.

The C client library would wrap a Thrift core.

The C++ client library can provide a class hierarchy quite close to o.a.h.h.client and, ideally, identical semantics. It should be just a wrapper around the C API, for economy.

Internally to my employer there is a lot of resistance to HBase because many dev teams have a strong C/C++ bias. The real issue however is really client side integration, not a fundamental objection. (What runs server side and how it is managed is a secondary consideration.)

Issue Links

• depends upon: HBASE-794 Language neutral IPC as a first class component of HBase architecture
• depends upon: HBASE-1816 Master rewrite
• duplicates: HBASE-14850 C++ client implementation
• is blocked by: HBASE-1249 Rearchitecting of server, client, API, key format, etc for 0.20
• is related to: HBASE-2170 hbase lightweight client library as a distribution

Sub-Tasks

• Define C interface of HBase Client APIs: Closed
• Define C interface of HBase Client Asynchronous APIs: Closed
• Hook hbase-native-client up to Native profile.: Closed
• JNI implementation of HBase C APIs: Closed