title: Java or C++ API for Apache Drill
body: <p>I want to access Drill through a programming interface. The Apache Drill documentation just mentions about its JAVA and C++ libraries for the client to connect but doesn't provide any documentation or example for the same. </p>
  
  <p><a href="http://drill.apache.org/faq/#what-clients-are-supported?" rel="nofollow">http://drill.apache.org/faq/#what-clients-are-supported?</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="http://drill.apache.org/docs/architecture-introduction/#drill-clients" rel="nofollow">http://drill.apache.org/docs/architecture-introduction/#drill-clients</a></p>
  
  <p>The closest thing which I was able to find on the forums/documentations was to connect through the drill-JDBC driver. But it defeats the purpose of what I want to do. Does anyone has any idea where I can find more about these APIs and if they are actually there?</p>