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The "API" page has been changed by PeterSchuller. The comment on this change is: Clarify low-level status of the thrift API; make more clear reference to higher-level clients. http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/API?action=diff&rev1=70&rev2=71 -------------------------------------------------- == Overview == + + '''NOTE:''' This documents the low-level wire protocol used to communicate with Cassandra. This is not intended to be used directly in applications; rather it is highly recommended that application developers use one of the higher-level clients that are linked to from ClientOptions. That said, this page may still be useful for application developers wanting to better understand the data model. + The Cassandra Thrift API changed substantially after [[API03|0.3]], with minor, backwards-compatible changes for [[API04|0.4]], 0.5 and [[API06|0.6]]; this document explains the 0.5 version with annotations for the changes in 0.6 and 0.7. - Cassandra's client API is built entirely on top of Thrift. It should be noted that these documents mention default values, but these are not generated in all of the languages that Thrift supports. Full examples of using Cassandra from Thrift, including setup boilerplate, are found on ThriftExamples. Higher-level clients are linked from ClientOptions. + Cassandra's client API is built entirely on top of Thrift. It should be noted that these documents mention default values, but these are not generated in all of the languages that Thrift supports. Full examples of using Cassandra from Thrift, including setup boilerplate, are found on ThriftExamples. '''WARNING:''' Some SQL/RDBMS terms are used in this documentation for analogy purposes. They should be thought of as just that; analogies. There are few similarities between how data is managed in a traditional RDBMS and Cassandra. Please see DataModel for more information.
