Thrift Example: Service-Oriented Architecture at Uber Engineering

animalexample.thrift

struct Animal {
  1: i32 id
  2: string name
  3: string sound
}
 
exception NotFoundException {
  1: i32 what
  2: string why
}
 
service Zoo {
  /**
   *  Returns the sound the given animal makes.
   */
  string makeSound(1: string animalName) throws (
      1: NotFoundException noAnimalFound
  )
}