Gaurav - I thought of enabling a WS-client to call Cassandra server nodes directly. For that, there should be a web-service engine to process the WS-requests in the server-side. A client can be any WS-client that can call a service using the service's WSDL. A client can use different protocol such as TCP, HTTP/S, JMS, etc. Accessing the resources in the Cassandra in a RESTFUL manner may also be possible.
Thanks, Indika On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 4:04 AM, Gaurav Sharma <gaurav.gs.sha...@gmail.com>wrote: > Indika - what use cases do you have in mind for the ws-clients connecting > directly to Cassandra especially since you mention connections from clients > using ws-security? Are you suggesting remote connections over https > directly > to the data-store between non-colocated client and server nodes? The client > in such a scenario will also likely have the server-side business logic. > right - is that what you have in mind? > > Currently, there's already an excellent java client library Hector ( > https://github.com/rantav/hector) and a Thrift API (allows cross-language > rpc kind of like a web-service mediator/engine). So, there are good > client-integration options with 'almost' minimal external lib dependencies. > Especially with java, imho, additional binary dependencies that result in > the jar-hell phenomenon is quite irksome for most users. Axis has a few lib > dependencies of its own, too. > > -gshx > > On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 11:50 AM, indika kumara <ind...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > What would you think about the idea of exposing the Cassandra as a Web > > Service so that any web service client can connect to the Cassandra > server? > > > > This would require embedding a web service engine in the server side, > > providing WSDL(s) for Cassandra’s services such as management, data > access, > > etc. > > > > If this task can be done, it is possible to connect to the Cassandra > > through > > different languages, different transports such as TCP, HTTP, JMS, etc. > > Moreover, the connection between clients and the Cassandra can be secure > > (WS-Security), and reliable. > > > > If this task is worth, I may be able to contribute for implementing it. I > > am > > familiar with the Axis2 web service engine [1], and an Apache committer. > > > > Your suggestions are welcome! > > > > Thanks, > > > > Indika > > > > [1] http://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/core/ > > >
