As far as thrift mode goes, you really have to rely on the user to specify the correct version (since connecting with framed mode, to an unframed server, can crash it).
In 0.7 framed mode will be the default and I am strongly in favor of removing the unframed option entirely in 0.8. On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 2:46 PM, james anderson <james.ander...@setf.de> wrote: > > On 2010-08-01, at 19:31 , Jonathan Ellis wrote: > >> use the describe_version thrift api call >> > > in principle, obvious. > > on the other hand, how does one know whether or not to send the frame > header? > is there a standard probe one can send? > is there a standard .7 server behaviour if no frame was sent? > a standard .6 if one was? > >> On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 2:00 AM, james anderson <james.ander...@setf.de> >> wrote: >>> >>> good morning; >>> >>> is there somewhere a description of - or code which does, protocol >>> version >>> negotiation? particularly client code, across the 0.6/0.7 transition. >>> >>> all pointers would be welcome. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Jonathan Ellis >> Project Chair, Apache Cassandra >> co-founder of Riptano, the source for professional Cassandra support >> http://riptano.com > > -- Jonathan Ellis Project Chair, Apache Cassandra co-founder of Riptano, the source for professional Cassandra support http://riptano.com
