Thrift: Limited Reflection for C++.
Summary:
The Thrift compiler now generates static methods for every service to generate
a reflection of the methods provided by the service. This reflection is fairly
limited, but should be enough for what we want to do with SMC.
Reviewed By: mcslee
Test Plan: test/ReflectionTest.cpp
Revert Plan: ok
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/thrift/trunk@665226 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
diff --git a/if/reflection_limited.thrift b/if/reflection_limited.thrift
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+#!/usr/local/bin/thrift -php -java -cpp -py
+
+// NOTICE!!!
+// DO NOT FORGET to run regen.sh if you change this file
+// (or if you change the compiler).
+
+// This interface is deprecated.
+// There is no replacement yet, but I hate it so much that
+// I'm deprecating it before it's done.
+// @author I'm too ashamed to say.
+
+// dreiss naively thinks he knows how to do this better,
+// so talk to him if you are interested in taking it on,
+// or if you just want someone to make it better for you.
+
+cpp_namespace facebook.thrift.reflection.limited
+java_package com.facebook.thrift.reflection.limited
+
+enum TTypeTag {
+ T_VOID = 1,
+ T_BOOL = 2,
+ T_BYTE = 3,
+ T_I16 = 6,
+ T_I32 = 8,
+ T_I64 = 10,
+ T_DOUBLE = 4,
+ T_STRING = 11,
+ T_STRUCT = 12,
+ T_MAP = 13,
+ T_SET = 14,
+ T_LIST = 15,
+ // This doesn't exist in TBinaryProtocol, but it could be useful for reflection.
+ T_ENUM = 101,
+ T_NOT_REFLECTED = 102,
+}
+
+struct SimpleType {
+ 1: TTypeTag ttype,
+ 2: string name, // For structs and emums.
+}
+
+struct ContainerType {
+ 1: TTypeTag ttype,
+ 2: SimpleType subtype1,
+ 3: optional SimpleType subtype2,
+}
+
+struct ThriftType {
+ 1: bool is_container,
+ 2: optional SimpleType simple_type,
+ 3: optional ContainerType container_type,
+}
+
+struct Argument {
+ 1: i16 key,
+ 2: string name,
+ 3: ThriftType type,
+}
+
+struct Method {
+ 1: string name,
+ 2: ThriftType return_type,
+ 3: list<Argument> arguments,
+}
+
+struct Service {
+ 1: string name,
+ 2: list<Method> methods,
+ 3: bool fully_reflected,
+}