Copyright 2016 Google Inc. #Documentation grift is integration of [Apache Thrift](https://github.com/apache/thrift.git) Serializer with GRPC. This integration allows you to use grpc to send thrift messages in C++ and java. By default grift uses Compact Protocol to serialize thrift messages. #Installation Before Installing thrift make sure to apply this [patch](grpc_plugins_generate.patch) to third_party/thrift. Go to third_party/thrift and follow the [INSTALLATION](https://github.com/apache/thrift.git) instructions to install thrift.