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user3536652
user3536652

Reputation: 153

Single thrift java server serving TCompactProtocol and TJsonProtocol

I have an existing java thrift server serving api's on TCompactProtocol used by external applications. I need to add TJsonProtocol support for the same service to serve JS clients.

I understand I can use thrift multiplexing with a wrapper TMultiplexedProtocol over underlying protocols. But this would firstly need a change in the client code to use the lookup and also I havent seen much support for TMultiplexedProtocol in thrift JS library.

In the examples online and documentation I have only seen thirft multiplexing with multiple services using the same protocol and transport. Is it not possible to support multiple protocols?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 368

Answers (1)

JensG
JensG

Reputation: 13411

In the examples online and documentation I have only seen thirft multiplexing with multiple services using the same protocol and transport. Is it not possible to support multiple protocols?

Exactly, or in your case: unfortunately. The TMultiplexProtocol is designed to share one physical endpoint between multiple services. This implies, that all services are required to use the same protocol/transport stack.

If you have different requirements like using compact and JSON protodols in parallel, you need two distinct physical endpoints (sockets, pipes, URLs, etc.)

Upvotes: 1

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