Benjamin Gould created THRIFT-3581:
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Summary: Pure Java build of the Thrift compiler using NestedVM
[WIP]
Key: THRIFT-3581
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-3581
Project: Thrift
Issue Type: New Feature
Components: Compiler (General)
Reporter: Benjamin Gould
Assignee: Benjamin Gould
Priority: Minor
I've developed a build process for building the Thrift compiler as a JAR file
that can be run on a JVM and requires no dependencies by cross-compiling the
executable with NestedVM.
I think this could be use for the following, among other things:
1) Building Thrift plugins for IDEs written in Java
2) Integration into Java build tools like Ant and Maven
3) Calling the compiler from a Java program when the host platform is unknown
Also, I see this as providing a way to potentially allow people to create third
party "plugins" for the compiler... Java and the plethora of JVM language
available might make creating new generators much more approachable for people
not comfortable with C++... and also in Java it is not complicated to load code
dynamically based on a class name as long as it is on the classpath.
In any case, I have a working prototype, but it is far from battle tested.
For the inpatient, I'm attaching a snapshot build to this ticket, but you can
also find the source and build instructions here:
https://github.com/bgould/thrift/tree/nestedvm
Will open a pull request when I feel all of the wrinkles have been ironed out
(it is close, and quite usuable already) to see if it might be appropriate to
bring this into the contrib/ folder, or even include as an artifact in the
Maven repos for a future release.
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