protobuf RPC with jboss's netty framework
stephentu
Happy holidays first of all. I'm new to protocol buffers, but from
what I've worked with, it's pretty cool!
I was recently tasked (for another project) with investigating the use
of protocol buffers with netty (http://jboss.org/netty) as an
alternative RPC implementation to apache's thrift. one of the main
reasons was that thrift's support for asynchronous rpc calls is (they
might be improved this, but as of now) kind of limited. PB's Service
feature is more more flexible in this regard.
So after a bit of playing around, I figured it was worth it to try to
come with a simple RPC implementation based on the netty framework.
I've started this project here: https://code.google.com/p/netty-protobuf-rpc/
The implementation supports both asynchronous and blocking services.
It's still in the experimental stage right now, but I hope to be able
to make it more flexible and robust at some point. I welcome any
comments, suggestions, and feedback.
Take Care!