It wouldn't be hard to do. Cassandra is structured in such a way that it is pretty easy to wrap a transport around a few classes that handle most of the client interaction. Last September I created a RESTful-like version of Cassandra in just a few hours. I haven't maintained the branch, but you can find the results of the work here: https://github.com/gdusbabek/cassandra
Gary On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 10:50, 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/ >
