I think the closest thing to a spec we have is the original whitepaper: http://incubator.apache.org/thrift/static/thrift-20070401.pdf
We also have a human readable version provided for some languages in the json protocol. I'm not sure the set of languages that's available in. On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 2:08 AM, Cyber Cobra <bugspr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Thrifters! (or whatever you call yourselves), > > I'm a Wikipedia editor and have been working on the relatively new > article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_data_serialization_formats > , which includes Thrift among the formats compared. > Currently, a lot of key information on Thrift's wire format is missing > from the article and I want to rectify that, but I'm not a Thrift > user. So I'm hoping you all might be able to help. > > Here's the info I'm looking for: > > 1. Is there a specification document for Thrift (besides just the code > itself)? I was unable to locate one. > 1A. If "No" for Question 1, any help filling out the row for Thrift in > the "Comparison of binary formats" table would be much appreciated. > 2. Does Thrift take inspiration from or base itself on any other > formats? I don't think so, but just need to double-check. > 3. Can Thrift store relational data? (i.e. can serialized objects have > "pointers" to other objects in the same "file"?) > > Thanks, and apologies for the intrusion. > -- [[User:Cybercobra]] > -- Kevin Clark http://glu.ttono.us
