Thrift

The Thrift framework was created by Facebook and was open sourced in 2007. It is currently maintained by the Apache Software Foundation. The main aims of Thrift are:

• Simplicity: Thrift code is straightforward and approachable, free of unnecessary dependencies
• Transparency: Thrift conforms to the most common idioms in all languages
• Consistency: Niche, language-specific features belong in extensions, not in the core library
• Performance: Strive for performance first, elegance second

This is a thrift service definition:

struct User { 
  1: string name, 
  2: i32 id, 
  3: string email 
} 

struct Error { 
  1: i32 code, 
  2: string detail 
} 

service Users { 
  Error createUser(1: User user) 
} 

Find more information on Apache Thrift at https://thrift.apache.org.