Thanks, Ran. Very nice to meet you! Responses inline. Summary: I downloaded and unzipped Thrift and Hector. I included them in my project. What do I do now? On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Ran Tavory <ran...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi David, I have a few questions (and answers), see inline > > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 12:49 PM, David Boxenhorn <da...@lookin2.com>wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm trying to install a Cassandra development environment for Java. It is >> much harder than I thought it would be!!!! >> >> I got Cassandra up and running with the CLI. So now I'm trying to get the >> Java interface up. >> >> Thrift is installed, supposedly. >> > Installed? What did you install? > To use cassandra from the client side you only need some jars (cassandra > jar, and thrift jar iirc). No need to install something. > > I downloaded the Thrift and Hector jars and unzipped them. Do I have to do anything else? There's like a gazillion classes there, which are the top level classes that I care about? > >> Basic questions (thanks in advance): >> >> 1. Is it easier to get Thrift or Hector up? I just want to get SOMETHING >> to work right now, even if it's not the best. >> > If you just need to get something really simple up then use thrift. Hector > isn't hard as well, just just requires you to download one more zip file and > add the jars to your classpath. > See http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/ThriftExamples#Java > > I don't mind downloading another jar. In fact, my first try is with Hector - I was hoping that it would be an easier API. > 2. Do I need Thrift for Hector? >> > You need to have thrift.jar in your classpath as well as cassandra.jar. If > you choose to use hector, there are a few more jars to add to the classpath, > see the ones from the lib folder here > http://github.com/downloads/rantav/hector/hector-0.6.0-11.zip > Done. > > >> 3. Is there any good documentation for working with Thrift and/or >> Hector??? >> > here it is ;) > >> 4. I tried to use Hector and I'm getting the following, does anyone know >> what it means? >> > What program spits out this output? > Is this maven? If so, hector, although it uses maven, isn't published on a > public repo. > Yes, it's Maven (I think). So what do I do? > To use hector you don't have to compile, just download the zip from here > http://github.com/downloads/rantav/hector/hector-0.6.0-11.zip > Done. > If you do with to compile, both ant and mvn work. > >> >> >> 4/27/10 10:56:52 AM IDT: Can't find artifact for >> C:\Cassandra\hector-0.6.0-11\hector-0.6.0-11.jar >> >> <default> (not open) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.dao (not open) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.jndi (not open) >> >> me (not open) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.testutils (not open) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.utils (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra (not open) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.service (...) >> >> me.prettyprint (not open) >> >> 4/27/10 10:56:57 AM IDT: Can't find artifact for >> C:\Cassandra\hector-0.6.0-11\hector-0.6.0-11.jar >> >> <default> (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.dao (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.jndi (...) >> >> me (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.testutils (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.utils (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.service (...) >> >> me.prettyprint (...) >> >> 4/27/10 10:58:16 AM IDT: Can't find artifact for >> C:\Cassandra\hector-0.6.0-11\hector-0.6.0-11.jar >> >> <default> (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.dao (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.jndi (...) >> >> me (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.testutils (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.utils (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.service (...) >> >> me.prettyprint (...) >> >> 4/27/10 10:58:20 AM IDT: Can't find artifact for >> C:\Cassandra\hector-0.6.0-11\hector-0.6.0-11.jar >> >> <default> (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.dao (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.jndi (...) >> >> me (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.testutils (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.utils (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.service (...) >> >> me.prettyprint (...) >> >> 4/27/10 11:51:13 AM IDT: Can't find artifact for >> C:\Cassandra\hector-0.6.0-11\hector-0.6.0-11.jar >> >> <default> (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.dao (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.jndi (...) >> >> me (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.testutils (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.utils (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.service (...) >> >> me.prettyprint (...) >> >> 4/27/10 11:51:24 AM IDT: Can't find artifact for >> C:\Cassandra\hector-0.6.0-11\hector-0.6.0-11.jar >> >> <default> (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.dao (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.jndi (...) >> >> me (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.testutils (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.utils (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.service (...) >> >> me.prettyprint (...) >> >> 4/27/10 11:52:12 AM IDT: Can't find artifact for >> C:\Cassandra\hector-0.6.0-11\hector-0.6.0-11.jar >> >> <default> (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.dao (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.jndi (...) >> >> me (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.testutils (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.utils (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.service (...) >> >> me.prettyprint (...) >> >> 4/27/10 11:52:16 AM IDT: Can't find artifact for >> C:\Cassandra\hector-0.6.0-11\hector-0.6.0-11.jar >> >> <default> (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.dao (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.jndi (...) >> >> me (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.testutils (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.utils (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.service (...) >> >> me.prettyprint (...) >> >> 4/27/10 11:52:24 AM IDT: Can't find artifact for >> C:\Cassandra\hector-0.6.0-11\hector-0.6.0-11.jar >> >> <default> (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.dao (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.jndi (...) >> >> me (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.testutils (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.utils (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.service (...) >> >> me.prettyprint (...) >> >> 4/27/10 11:52:28 AM IDT: Can't find artifact for >> C:\Cassandra\hector-0.6.0-11\hector-0.6.0-11.jar >> >> <default> (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.dao (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.jndi (...) >> >> me (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.testutils (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.utils (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.service (...) >> >> me.prettyprint (...) >> >> 4/27/10 11:53:03 AM IDT: Can't find artifact for >> C:\Cassandra\hector-0.6.0-11\hector-0.6.0-11.jar >> >> <default> (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.dao (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.jndi (...) >> >> me (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.testutils (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.utils (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.service (...) >> >> me.prettyprint (...) >> >> 4/27/10 12:17:19 PM IDT: Can't find artifact for >> C:\Cassandra\hector-0.6.0-11\hector-0.6.0-11.jar >> >> <default> (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.dao (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.jndi (...) >> >> me (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.testutils (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.utils (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra (...) >> >> me.prettyprint.cassandra.service (...) >> >> me.prettyprint (...) >> >> >> >> >> > >
