[jira] [Commented] (THRIFT-66) Java: Allow multiplexing multiple services over a single TCP connection

["Sebastian Zenker (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Sebastian Zenker commented on THRIFT-66:
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I'm still interested in being able to have the server to actively push messages to the client on the same TCP connection. The current solution (workaround) that both sides implement a server/client pair is something that doesn't work well in case the client resides behind a NAT router.

> Java: Allow multiplexing multiple services over a single TCP connection
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: THRIFT-66
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-66
>             Project: Thrift
>          Issue Type: Sub-task
>          Components: C# - Library, C++ - Library, Cocoa - Library, Erlang - Library, Java - Library, Perl - Library, Python - Library, Ruby - Library
>            Reporter: Johan Stuyts
>            Assignee: Roger Meier
>            Priority: Trivial
>             Fix For: 0.9.2
>
>         Attachments: CalculatorImpl.java, MultiplexTestClientMain.java, MultiplexTestServerMain.java, ReleaseWaitingReplyThreadsOnDisconnect.patch, SharedImpl.java, TMultiplexServer.java, TMultiplexServer.py, TSimpleMultiplexServer.java, Thrift Endpoints and Channels.vsd, ThriftCSharpEndpointsChannels.zip, ThriftMultiplexInvocationHandler.java
>
>
> The current {{TServer}} implementations expose a single service on a port. If an application has many services many ports have to be opened. This is cumbersome because:
> - you have to document which service is available on which port, and remembering the port numbers is difficult
> - to prevent the overhead of connection setup on each call, a client has to maintain to many connections: at least one to each port
> - it requires opening many ports on a firewall if one is between the client and the server.
> By multiplexing multiple services on a single port the problems above are resolved:
> - instead of a port number a symbolic name can be assigned to a service
> - a client can maintain a small pool of connections to a single port
> - only one port has to be opened on the firewall
> The attached Java implementation simply wraps a normal {{CALL}} message with a (new) {{SERVICE_SELECTION}} message. It is not necessary to modify or wrap the response. No changes are needed to the generated classes. Only a new type of server is introduced, and an invocation handler for a dynamic proxy around the {{Client}} classes of services is provided for the client side. The implementation does not handle communication errors (invalid data, timeouts, etc.) yet.



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