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Dave Engberg commented on THRIFT-872:
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My patch was more specifically intended to reduce the runtime library
dependencies introduced to the Java generated code from versions 0.3+
These made it hard or impossible to use the Java code in older JRE
platforms like Android, Blackberry, JME, etc., and increased the
footprint of any binaries that used this code.
Since that time, we've decided to just use a forked pre-0.4 compiler for
all of our Java code generation since the design direction in more
recent releases are diverging too significantly from what we need.
We're still using the main trunk release for non-Java platforms in our
distributed API package (http://www.evernote.com/about/developer/api/)
... we just generate them separately with different compiler binaries in
our build process.
So I don't think THRIFT-1469 addresses the same issue, but I'd also be
fine if the maintainers just wanted to close THRIFT-872 if no one else
is using Java in a non-heavy-server configuration.
Thanks
> Add 'primitive' option to 'Java' code generator
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>
> Key: THRIFT-872
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-872
> Project: Thrift
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: Java - Compiler
> Affects Versions: 0.4
> Reporter: Dave Engberg
> Attachments: java-primitive-872-v2.patch,
> java-primitive-872-v3.patch, java-primitive-872.patch
>
>
> I'm attaching a patch that modifies 0.4.0 to add a new 'primitive' compiler
> option to the Java code generator that will produce a style of code that
> reduces library dependencies for generated struct and service interfaces.
> This will make the generated code easier to use in some contexts and more
> compatible with generated code from prior Thrift releases.
> The 'primitive' option changes generated code in the following ways:
> * Removes dependencies on: BitSet, ByteBuffer, and the third-party
> org.slf4j.Logger*
> * The 'isset' vector is implemented via boolean[] instead of BitSet
> * The 'Iface' interface for service 'Foo' is moved from an inner class to
> top-level FooIface.jar (and replaced with dummy Foo.Iface which just extends
> FooIface)
> * 'binary' fields from the IDL are changed from ByteBuffer back to byte[]
> The patch also includes runtime support library changes:
> * Added writeBinary(byte[]) and readBytes() methods to TProtocol to read and
> write byte[] primitives
> * Added TBaseHelper.toString(byte[],StringBuilder)
> To use (e.g.): thrift -r --gen java:beans,primitive Foo.thrift
> Rationale:
> 1) The generated structures and services are more compatible with previous
> versions (in particular, v 0.2.0), requiring fewer code changes for existing
> projects upgrading to 0.4.0.
> 2) The generated POJO structures and service interfaces have a much lower
> external dependency "footprint", so may be used more easily in platforms and
> libraries. For example, the structure *.java files and the FooIface.java
> files may be used within restricted environments like GWT, which don't
> support java.nio.ByteBuffer, java.util.BitSet, or org.slf4j.*
> (http://www.projectpossibility.org/projects/word_prediction/gwt-linux-1.4.60/doc/html/jre.html)
> 3) In some contexts, 'binary' data fields may require fewer lines of code to
> juggle and serialize slightly faster.
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