[HBASE-794] Language neutral IPC as a first class component of HBase architecture

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Later
• Component/s: Client, IPC/RPC, master, regionserver
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Andrew Kyle Purtell
• Created: 04/Aug/08 19:10
• Updated: 11/Jun/22 20:15
• Resolved: 19/Nov/09 14:39

Description

This issue considers making a language neutral IPC mechanism and wire format a first class component of HBase architecture. Clients could talk to the master and regionserver using this protocol instead of HRPC at their option.

Options for language neutral IPC include:

• Thrift: http://incubator.apache.org/thrift/

• Protocol buffers: http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/

• XDR: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_Data_Representation

Issue Links

• is depended upon by: HBASE-1015 HBase Native Client Library
• is related to: HADOOP-6170 add Avro-based RPC serialization
• is related to: HBASE-1367 get rid of thrift exception 'NotFound'
• is related to: THRIFT-484 Ability to use a slice of a buffer instead of a direct byte[] for binary fields