Architecture Patterns
Data Encoding: Protocol Buffers, Avro, and Thrift
Protocol Buffers, Avro, and Thrift solve the problem of sending structured data between services efficiently - smaller and faster than JSON, with graceful schema evolution.
SerializationDeserializationSchema Definition Language (IDL)Binary EncodingSchema EvolutionProtocol Buffers (protobuf)Apache AvroApache ThriftInter-service CommunicationData Contract
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