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+v0.1. First release.

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data/Manifest

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+CHANGELOG
+conf/cassandra.in.sh
+conf/log4j.properties
+conf/storage-conf.xml
+lib/cassandra_client/client.rb
+lib/cassandra_client/ordered_hash.rb
+lib/cassandra_client/serialization.rb
+lib/cassandra_client/table.rb
+lib/cassandra_client.rb
+LICENSE
+Manifest
+quickstart.sh
+Rakefile
+README
+test/cassandra_client_test.rb
+vendor/gen-rb/cassandra.rb
+vendor/gen-rb/cassandra_constants.rb
+vendor/gen-rb/cassandra_types.rb

data/README

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+
+
+
+cassandra_client
+
+A client for the Cassandra distributed database.
+
+== License
+
+Copyright 2009 Twitter, Inc. See included LICENSE file. Portions copyright 2004-2009 David Heinemeier Hansson, and used with permission.
+
+The public certificate for this gem is here[http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/25331/evan_weaver-original-public_cert.pem]. 
+
+== Features
+
+* clean encapsulation of the Thrift API
+* pluggable serialization and compression
+* Ruby 1.9 compatibility
+
+This is an alpha release and does not yet support the full Thrift API. 
+
+Cassandra is a rapidly moving target; this library is currently tested againt Cassandra trunk revision 789419.
+
+== Installation
+
+You need Ruby 1.8 or 1.9, and Thrift. 
+
+If you don't want to install Thrift from {source}[http://incubator.apache.org/thrift/download/], you can use {this pre-packaged gem}[http://blog.evanweaver.com/files/cassandra/thrift-0.1.0.gem]. Once you have Thrift, just run:
+
+  sudo gem install cassandra_client
+  
+== Usage
+
+Require the library:
+  
+  require 'cassandra_client'
+  
+Connect to a server:
+  
+  client = CassandraClient.new("127.0.0.1")
+  
+Get a keyspace:
+
+  users = client.table('Users')  
+
+Insert into a column family. You can insert a CassandraClient::OrderedHash, or a regular Hash, if order doesn't matter:
+
+  users.insert("5", :row, {'screen_name' => "buttonscat"})  
+
+Insert into a super column family:
+
+  users.insert("5", :relationships, {"user_timeline" => {"1" => ""}})
+
+Query a super column:
+
+  timeline = users.get("5", :relationships, "user_timeline")
+  
+The returned result will always be a CassandraClient::OrderedHash.
+
+See CassandraClient::Table for more methods.
+
+== Reporting problems
+
+The Github issue tracker is {here}[http://github.com/fauna/cassandra_client/issues]. If you have problems with Cassandra itself, please use the {cassandra-user mailing list}[http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-cassandra-user/].
+
+Patches and contributions are very welcome. Please note that contributors are required to assign copyright for their additions to Twitter, Inc.

data/Rakefile

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+require 'echoe'
+
+Echoe.new("cassandra_client") do |p|
+  p.author = "Evan Weaver"
+  p.project = "fauna"
+  p.summary = "A Ruby client for CassandraDB."
+  p.rubygems_version = ">= 0.8"
+  p.dependencies = ['json']
+  p.ignore_pattern = /^(data|vendor\/cassandra|cassandra-r789419|vendor\/thrift)/
+  p.url = "http://blog.evanweaver.com/files/doc/fauna/cassandra_client/"
+  p.docs_host = "blog.evanweaver.com:~/www/bax/public/files/doc/"
+end

data/cassandra_client.gemspec

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+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name = %q{cassandra_client}
+  s.version = "0.1"
+
+  s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0.8") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
+  s.authors = ["Evan Weaver"]
+  s.cert_chain = ["/Users/eweaver/p/configuration/gem_certificates/evan_weaver-original-public_cert.pem"]
+  s.date = %q{2009-07-04}
+  s.description = %q{A Ruby client for CassandraDB.}
+  s.email = %q{}
+  s.extra_rdoc_files = ["CHANGELOG", "lib/cassandra_client/client.rb", "lib/cassandra_client/ordered_hash.rb", "lib/cassandra_client/serialization.rb", "lib/cassandra_client/table.rb", "lib/cassandra_client.rb", "LICENSE", "README"]
+  s.files = ["CHANGELOG", "conf/cassandra.in.sh", "conf/log4j.properties", "conf/storage-conf.xml", "lib/cassandra_client/client.rb", "lib/cassandra_client/ordered_hash.rb", "lib/cassandra_client/serialization.rb", "lib/cassandra_client/table.rb", "lib/cassandra_client.rb", "LICENSE", "Manifest", "quickstart.sh", "Rakefile", "README", "test/cassandra_client_test.rb", "vendor/gen-rb/cassandra.rb", "vendor/gen-rb/cassandra_constants.rb", "vendor/gen-rb/cassandra_types.rb", "cassandra_client.gemspec"]
+  s.homepage = %q{http://blog.evanweaver.com/files/doc/fauna/cassandra_client/}
+  s.rdoc_options = ["--line-numbers", "--inline-source", "--title", "Cassandra_client", "--main", "README"]
+  s.require_paths = ["lib"]
+  s.rubyforge_project = %q{fauna}
+  s.rubygems_version = %q{1.3.4}
+  s.signing_key = %q{/Users/eweaver/p/configuration/gem_certificates/evan_weaver-original-private_key.pem}
+  s.summary = %q{A Ruby client for CassandraDB.}
+  s.test_files = ["test/cassandra_client_test.rb"]
+
+  if s.respond_to? :specification_version then
+    current_version = Gem::Specification::CURRENT_SPECIFICATION_VERSION
+    s.specification_version = 3
+
+    if Gem::Version.new(Gem::RubyGemsVersion) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
+      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<json>, [">= 0"])
+    else
+      s.add_dependency(%q<json>, [">= 0"])
+    end
+  else
+    s.add_dependency(%q<json>, [">= 0"])
+  end
+end

data/conf/cassandra.in.sh

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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+cassandra_home=`dirname $0`/..
+
+# The directory where Cassandra's configs live (required)
+CASSANDRA_CONF=$cassandra_home/../conf
+
+# This can be the path to a jar file, or a directory containing the 
+# compiled classes. NOTE: This isn't needed by the startup script,
+# it's just used here in constructing the classpath.
+cassandra_bin=$cassandra_home/build/classes
+#cassandra_bin=$cassandra_home/build/cassandra.jar
+
+# The java classpath (required)
+CLASSPATH=$CASSANDRA_CONF:$cassandra_bin
+
+for jar in $cassandra_home/lib/*.jar; do
+    CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$jar
+done
+
+# Arguments to pass to the JVM
+JVM_OPTS=" \
+        -ea \
+        -Xdebug \
+        -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,address=8888,suspend=n \
+        -Xms128M \
+        -Xmx1G \
+        -XX:SurvivorRatio=8 \
+        -XX:TargetSurvivorRatio=90 \
+        -XX:+AggressiveOpts \
+        -XX:+UseParNewGC \
+        -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC \
+        -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=1 \
+        -XX:+CMSParallelRemarkEnabled \
+        -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError \
+        -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=8080 \
+        -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false \
+        -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false"

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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
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+# distributed with this work for additional information
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+#
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+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# for production, you should probably set the root to INFO
+# and the pattern to %c instead of %l.  (%l is slower.)
+
+# output messages into a rolling log file as well as stdout
+log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG,stdout,R
+
+# stdout
+log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.SimpleLayout
+
+# rolling log file ("system.log
+log4j.appender.R=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.R.DatePattern='.'yyyy-MM-dd-HH
+log4j.appender.R.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.R.layout.ConversionPattern=%5p [%t] %d{ISO8601} %F (line %L) %m%n
+# Edit the next line to point to your logs directory
+log4j.appender.R.File=data/logs/system.log
+
+# Application logging options
+#log4j.logger.com.facebook=DEBUG
+#log4j.logger.com.facebook.infrastructure.gms=DEBUG
+#log4j.logger.com.facebook.infrastructure.db=DEBUG

data/conf/storage-conf.xml

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+<!--
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+ ~
+ ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
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+ ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ ~ under the License.
+ -->
+<Storage>
+    <!--======================================================================-->
+    <!-- Basic Configuration                                                  -->
+    <!--======================================================================-->
+    <ClusterName>Up and Running</ClusterName>
+
+    <!-- Tables and ColumnFamilies                                            
+         Think of a table as a namespace, not a relational table.
+         (ColumnFamilies are closer in meaning to those.)
+
+         There is an implicit table named 'system' for Cassandra internals.
+    -->
+    <Tables>
+      <Table Name="Users">
+          <ColumnFamily ColumnSort="Name" Name="row" />
+          <ColumnFamily ColumnSort="Name" Name="audit" />
+          <ColumnFamily ColumnType="Super" ColumnSort="Name" Name="relationships" />
+          <ColumnFamily ColumnSort="Time" Name="usernames" />
+      </Table>
+
+      <Table Name="Statuses">
+          <ColumnFamily ColumnSort="Time" Name="row" />
+          <ColumnFamily ColumnSort="Name" Name="audit" />
+          <ColumnFamily ColumnType="Super" ColumnSort="Name" Name="relationships" />  
+      </Table>
+
+      <Table Name="Blogs">      
+        <ColumnFamily ColumnSort="Time" Name="posts"/>
+        <ColumnFamily ColumnSort="Time" Name="comments"/>
+      </Table>
+    </Tables>
+
+    <!-- Partitioner: any IPartitioner may be used, including your own
+         as long as it is on the classpath.  Out of the box,
+         Cassandra provides
+         org.apache.cassandra.dht.RandomPartitioner and
+         org.apache.cassandra.dht.OrderPreservingPartitioner.
+         Range queries require using OrderPreservingPartitioner or a subclass.
+
+         Achtung!  Changing this parameter requires wiping your data directories,
+         since the partitioner can modify the sstable on-disk format.
+    -->
+    <Partitioner>org.apache.cassandra.dht.OrderPreservingPartitioner</Partitioner>
+
+    <!-- If you are using the OrderPreservingPartitioner and you know your key
+         distribution, you can specify the token for this node to use.
+         (Keys are sent to the node with the "closest" token, so distributing
+         your tokens equally along the key distribution space will spread
+         keys evenly across your cluster.)  This setting is only checked the
+         first time a node is started. 
+
+         This can also be useful with RandomPartitioner to force equal
+         spacing of tokens around the hash space, especially for
+         clusters with a small number of nodes. -->
+    <InitialToken></InitialToken>
+
+    <!-- RackAware: Setting this to true instructs Cassandra to try and place the replicas in
+         a different rack in the same datacenter and one in a different datacenter
+    -->
+    <RackAware>false</RackAware>
+
+    <!-- Number of replicas of the data-->
+    <ReplicationFactor>1</ReplicationFactor>
+
+    <!-- Directories: Specify where Cassandra should store different data on disk
+         Keep the data disks and the CommitLog disks separate for best performance
+    -->
+    <CommitLogDirectory>data/commitlog</CommitLogDirectory>
+    <DataFileDirectories>
+        <DataFileDirectory>data/data</DataFileDirectory>
+    </DataFileDirectories>
+    <CalloutLocation>data/callouts</CalloutLocation>
+    <BootstrapFileDirectory>data/bootstrap</BootstrapFileDirectory>
+    <StagingFileDirectory>data/staging</StagingFileDirectory>
+
+
+    <!-- Add names of hosts that are deemed contact points. Cassandra nodes use
+         this list of hosts to find each other and learn the topology of the ring.
+    -->
+    <Seeds>
+        <Seed>127.0.0.1</Seed>
+    </Seeds>
+
+    <!-- Miscellaneous -->
+    <RpcTimeoutInMillis>5000</RpcTimeoutInMillis>
+    <CommitLogRotationThresholdInMB>128</CommitLogRotationThresholdInMB>
+
+    <!-- Hosts and Ports -->
+    <ListenAddress>localhost</ListenAddress>
+    <StoragePort>7000</StoragePort>
+    <ControlPort>7001</ControlPort>
+    <ThriftPort>9160</ThriftPort>
+    <HttpPort>7002</HttpPort>
+
+
+    <!--======================================================================-->
+    <!-- Memory, Disk, and Performance                                        -->
+    <!--======================================================================-->
+
+    <!-- Threshold for adding a column index in a row -->
+    <ColumnIndexSizeInKB>256</ColumnIndexSizeInKB>
+
+    <!--
+      The maximum amount of data to store in memory before flushing to
+      disk. Note: There is one memtable per column family, and this threshold
+      is based solely on the amount of data stored, not actual heap memory
+      usage (there is some overhead in indexing the columns).
+    -->
+    <MemtableSizeInMB>32</MemtableSizeInMB>
+
+    <!--
+      The maximum number of columns in millions to store in memory
+      before flushing to disk.  This is also a per-memtable setting.
+      Use with MemtableSizeInMB to tune memory usage.
+    -->
+    <MemtableObjectCountInMillions>0.02</MemtableObjectCountInMillions>
+
+    <!-- Time to wait before garbage-collection deletion markers.
+         Set this to a large enough value that you are confident
+         that the deletion marker will be propagated to all replicas
+         by the time this many seconds has elapsed, even in the
+         face of hardware failures.  The default value is ten days.
+    -->
+    <GCGraceSeconds>864000</GCGraceSeconds>
+
+
+    <!--======================================================================-->
+    <!-- OPTIONAL                                                             -->
+    <!--======================================================================-->
+    <!-- This final section contains configuration information for optional
+         and experimental features in Cassandra that are not yet fully functional.
+         Basic features in Cassandra should work fine without configuring this section.
+    -->
+    <ZookeeperAddress>127.0.0.1</ZookeeperAddress>
+    <MulticastChannel>230.0.0.1</MulticastChannel>
+    <GangliaServers>
+        <GangliaServer>127.0.0.1:12000</GangliaServer>
+    </GangliaServers>
+</Storage>

data/lib/cassandra_client/client.rb

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+class CassandraClient
+  attr_reader :client, :transport, :tables, :host, :port, :block_for, :serialization
+
+  class AccessError < StandardError; end
+
+  # Instantiate a new CassandraClient and open the connection.
+  def initialize(host = '127.0.0.1', port = 9160, block_for = 1, serialization = CassandraClient::Serialization::JSON)
+    @host = host
+    @port = port
+    @serialization = serialization
+    @block_for = block_for
+    
+    @transport = Thrift::BufferedTransport.new(Thrift::Socket.new(@host, @port))
+    @transport.open
+
+    @client = SafeClient.new(
+      Cassandra::Client.new(Thrift::BinaryProtocol.new(@transport)), 
+      @transport)
+
+    @tables = @client.getStringListProperty("tables").map do |table_name|
+      ::CassandraClient::Table.new(table_name, self)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def inspect(full = true)
+    string = "#<CassandraClient:#{object_id}, @host=#{host.inspect}, @port=#{@port.inspect}"
+    string += ", @block_for=#{block_for.inspect}, @tables=[#{tables.map {|t| t.inspect(false) }.join(', ')}]" if full
+    string + ">"
+  end
+
+  # Return the CassandraClient::Table instance for the table_name you
+  # request. You can get an array of all available tables with the #tables
+  # method.
+  def table(table_name)
+    table = @tables.detect {|table| table.name == table_name }
+    raise AccessError, "No such table #{table_name.inspect}" unless table
+    table
+  end
+
+  # Remove all rows in all column families in all tables.
+  def remove_all
+    tables.each do |table|
+      table.schema.keys.each do |column_family|
+        table.remove_all(column_family)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  
+  class SafeClient  
+    def initialize(client, transport)
+      @client = client 
+      @transport = transport
+    end
+    
+    def method_missing(*args)
+      @client.send(*args)
+    rescue IOError
+      @transport.open
+      raise if defined?(once)
+      once = true
+      retry
+    end
+  end
+  
+end