Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-cassandra-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: (qmail 32554 invoked from network); 31 Jul 2009 15:57:52 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 31 Jul 2009 15:57:52 -0000 Received: (qmail 78999 invoked by uid 500); 31 Jul 2009 15:57:52 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-cassandra-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 78982 invoked by uid 500); 31 Jul 2009 15:57:52 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cassandra-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: cassandra-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list cassandra-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 78972 invoked by uid 99); 31 Jul 2009 15:57:52 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:57:52 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of jbellis@gmail.com designates 209.85.219.223 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.219.223] (HELO mail-ew0-f223.google.com) (209.85.219.223) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:57:43 +0000 Received: by ewy23 with SMTP id 23so1550130ewy.12 for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:57:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=GXlNfabrbOc6bjAev6mG1kjn0Ye30bPrI7nUpAYue2Q=; b=KUb+cOjoQB23SgPtaRxFR8Ds/ntlZtEwBQGjo5oihIUk0O82UoqgOiWuzi/y6CfcH+ RyWt0Hogsi9rDcjtDturzabIdDpyQ1KsExL5XDHZNZ9cofv5+ZPl5LSJKncVKRI8WxO7 9E47EjB4zACYesz9tOTbwq2vHb6s2eCCDOdFo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Ox3n+nJjdycGDJ5GTliZRifnHNgJRZ9OtdKdKAer2FEA+oXkO+ayF5XPdvcv4tZL8L vtjO1HtSwDqoVlm2Fy6WLgxqcdGB4yVwmW4g4Q+1jl/Gh0eO0/eeeJow3Qqm6izQDGm6 PAKAdcKHIq8+yGrsvq29E3tVUxN2EOo0QcUT0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.21.206 with SMTP id r56mr519793wer.110.1249055843206; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:57:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:57:23 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: hadoop tasks reading from cassandra From: Jonathan Ellis To: cassandra-dev@incubator.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org yes, get_string_property is our information-about-the-cluster gateway. the rest of the thrift api is for manipulating columns and so forth. we shouldn't mix the two. On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Jun Rao wrote: >> >> Jun mentioned #197 -- I'm still -1 on adding such a beast to the >> thrift API, but I think it would be ok to expose it in >> get_string_property, suitably (json?) encoded. >> > > Is there any difference between get_string_property and other thrift APIs? > They are both exposed to the client through thrift. > > Jun