There are a variety of methods of using Apache Thrift from Scala. Scrooge from Twitter is a popular option, but it's only for Scala 2.9. That's a problem with most Thrift for Scala libraries - nothing is current for Scala 2.11. I've found the best way to get Thrift working from Scala is to simply use the Java/Thrift compiler, and then build an SBT task for that purpose. This blog post is just a quick howto on that.
To start with, you need the thrift compiler installed. I have thrift 9.0 installed, so I'll assume you are at least up to 9.
Once Thrift is installed, add the following to your build.scala file:
lazy val buildThriftSettings = buildThrift := {
import sys.process._
Seq("thrift", "-o", "src/main/", "--gen", "java", "src/main/thrift/my_service.thrift")!
Seq("thrift", "-o", "src/main/", "--gen", "java", "src/main/thrift/my_other_service.thrift")!
}
This will build thrift Java sources in src/main/gen-java. That path should probably be added to your .gitignore.
The buildThriftSettings task should be added as a dependency on the project:
lazy val myProject = Project("my_project", settings=myProjectSettings).settings(
buildThriftSettings,
buildThrift <<= buildThrift.triggeredBy(compile in Compile)
)
Next one must tell SBT to look for java files in src/main/gen-java.
lazy val myProjectSettings = Defaults.defaultSettings ++ Seq(
...all your settings...
unmanagedSourceDirectories in Compile += baseDirectory.value / "src" / "main" / "gen-java",
...more of your settings...
)
Finally, you need to add "org.apache.thrift" % "libthrift" % "0.9.1" % "compile" to your library dependencies.
That's all there is to it. Now my Thrift files are automatically compiled, accessible from Scala, and I don't need to worry about Scala dependency hell.