Tag Archives: Thrift

Reading files quickly in Java

By Bryan Duxbury | Published: August 6, 2010

I came across a really interesting, well-done blog post today about the quickest way to do high-performance file IO in Java. It does a really good job of breaking down the alternatives of how to get bytes into memory, covering both traditional and NIO options in a good amount of detail. It’s a must-read for [...]

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Thrift 0.3.0 Released

By Bryan Duxbury | Published: August 5, 2010

After seven separate release candidates, Thrift 0.3.0 is finally released! This version includes many, many fixes over Thrift 0.2 in areas of stability, features, and performance. If you’ve been holding off on upgrading, then now is the perfect opportunity. You can find the distribution here.

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Fully async Thrift client in Java

By Bryan Duxbury | Published: June 23, 2010

Thrift has had an asynchronous server implementation for Java for quite some time, but users have been asking for a way to have an asynchronous client since the very beginning. The motivation behind this style of client is usually performance. Imagine you take a bunch of time and make a highly optimized web application that [...]

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