[THRIFT-966] Bind to zero port

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Component/s: C++ - Library
• Patch Info: Patch Available
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Ivan Murashko
• Created: 24/Oct/10 12:52
• Updated: 17/Sep/13 13:37
• Resolved: 16/Dec/12 19:46

Description

apache::thrift::transport::TServerSocket class has a possibility to set 0 as port number. In this case bind will assign a free port number. Unfortunately there is no possibility to retrieve the assigned port number from the TServerSocket class. Thus clients will not be able to connect the server.

The suggested patch introduces apache::thrift::transport::TServerSocket::getBindPort() method that return the assigned port number or -1 in the case of any failure or when the port has not been assigned yet.

Issue Links

• relates to: THRIFT-2188 allow java servers to bind to a random port, and get that port back out of the transport