[jira] [Comment Edited] (DRILL-4791) Provide a light-weight, versioned client API

["Paul Rogers (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Paul Rogers edited comment on DRILL-4791 at 7/20/16 6:02 AM:
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Absolutely. Nevertheless, please see the attached proposal for why a "light weight" and "versioned" API may be helpful for client apps. The proposal suggests a revised JDBC interface on top of the light-weight client. By light-weight, here I mean a new JDBC that is 1% the size of the current one, and does not depend on ZK.

Plus, a new low-level protocol that is easy to implement in C, Python or anything that supports plain old sockets.


was (Author: paul-rogers):
Absolutely. Nevertheless, please see the attached proposal for why a "light weight" and "versioned" API may be helpful for client apps. The proposal suggests a revised JDBC interface on top of the light-weight client.

> Provide a light-weight, versioned client API
> --------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: DRILL-4791
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-4791
>             Project: Apache Drill
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>            Reporter: Paul Rogers
>            Assignee: Paul Rogers
>
> Drill's existing client APIs are "industrial strength" - they provide full access to the sophisticated distributed, columnar RPCs which Drill uses internall. However, they are too complex for most client needs. Provide a simpler API optimized for clients: row-based result sets, synchronous, etc.
> At the same time, Drill clients must currently link with the same version of Drill code as is running on the Drill cluster. This forces clients to upgrade in lock-step with the cluster. Allow Drill clients to be upgraded after (or even before) the Drill cluster to simplify management of desktop apps that use Drill.



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