Java does not support List<int>! It only supports list of objects. Hence, Integer.
On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Gautam Thaker <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a thrift file that has: > > typedef list<byte> OctetSeq > typedef list<i32> IntegerSeq > > service ATL { > i16 octet_thruput(1:OctetSeq payload), > i16 integer_thruput(1:IntegerSeq payload) > } > > The code produced by "-gen java" uses the following: > > > OctetSeq -> List<Byte> > IntegerSeq -> List<Integer> > > This produces super inefficient code in Java. Is it possible for the > mapping produced to use List<byte> and List<int> ? I suspect their > marshalling and transport and unmarshalling would be far more efficient. > > As comparison in CPP the mapping produced is: > > typedef std::vector<int8_t> OctetSeq; > typedef std::vector<int32_t> IntegerSeq; > > respectively, and CPP is pretty effecient. > > Gautam >
