A thin C# client wrapper for Apache Cassandra thrift interface.

This is a mashup between Hector (https://github.com/hector-client/hector) and the CassandraService class of (https://github.com/usergrid)

The best C# driver for Cassandra thrift interface is Aquiles (https://aquiles.codeplex.com/). It has a lot of features (like connection pooling, endpoint manager) which is currently lacking in Nector. (Hopefully will be added in future :)). However if you are like me and hate dealing with delegates then Nector will be a nice compromise for you.

This is the first step of a journey where I'm hoping to port Usergrid (https://github.com/usergrid) which is a pretty awesome BaaS (Backend as a Service) to .Net (or at least die trying). Releasing this code as a reusable component so that somebody else will be able to make use of it as well and not be frustrated with working with the Thrift interface.

Thrift is incredibly powerful than CQL in some aspects. Especially when it comes to each Cassandra Row having its own schema. This is a very useful feature when it comes to storing dynamic and semi static data.

##Getting Started Open the solution using Visual Studio 2010 (or above). Do a quick build it will restore some nuget packages. Make sure you have Cassandra installed and running. Run the DemoConsole app or the XUnit tests to see sample usage.

##Sample usage Make sure you have added a reference to Nector and imported it through a using statement ( ex: using Nector.Core;)

            string colValue1 = "sampleValue1";
            string colName1 = "sampleName1";

            Dictionary<object, object> map = new Dictionary<object, object>();
            map.Add(colName1, colValue1);
           
            //Row key
            string key = "sampleKey";
            string colFamilyName = "cf";
 
            using (Client client = new Client())
            {
                client.dropIfExistsAndCreateKeyspace(keyspace);
                ColumnFamily cf = new ColumnFamily();
                cf.Name = colFamilyName;
                client.createColumnFamily(keyspace, cf);
                
				//Lets insert all the columns into the given row in one go
                client.setColumns(keyspace, cf, Utility.ToByteArray(key), map);
                
				//Get the column
                NColumn<string,string> columnResult = client.getColumn<string,string>(keyspace, cf, key, colName1);
                
				client.dropKeyspace(keyspace);
            }

Take a look at DemoConsoleApp and Nector.Core.Tests for more usage