the programmer's guide to apache thrift

Apache Thrift is an open source cross language serialization and RPC framework. With support for over 15 programming languages, Apache Thrift can play an important role in a range of distributed application development environments. As a serialization platform Apache Thrift enables efficient cross language storage and retrieval of a wide range of data structures. As an RPC framework, Apache Thrift enables rapid development of complete polyglot services in a few lines of code. Part 1 of this book takes you on a guided tour through the range of distributed development solutions empowered by Apache Thrift. You’ll see how the Apache Thrift framework fits into various communications schemes and also get a high level picture of the overall Apache Thrift architecture.