net.devh.boot.grpc.client.inject

Annotation Type GrpcClient

@Target(value={FIELD,METHOD})
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Documented
 @Inherited
public @interface GrpcClient

An annotation for fields of type Channel or subclasses of AbstractStub/gRPC client services. Also works for annotated methods that only take a single parameter of these types. Annotated fields/methods will be automatically populated/invoked by Spring.

Note: Fields/Methods that are annotated with this annotation should NOT be annotated with Autowired or Inject (conflict).

Note: If you annotate an AbstractStub with this annotation the bean processing will also apply the StubTransformers in the application context. These can be used, for example, to configure CallOptions such as CallCredentials. Please note that these transformations aren't applied if you inject a Channel only.

Note: These annotation allows the specification of custom interceptors. These will be appended to the global interceptors and applied using ClientInterceptors.interceptForward(Channel, ClientInterceptor...).

See Also:

Add as bean to the {@link ApplicationContext}.

Required Element Summary

Required Elements

Modifier and Type	Required Element and Description
String	value The name of the grpc client.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
String[]	interceptorNames A list of ClientInterceptor beans that should be used with this client in addition to the globally defined ones.
Class<? extends ClientInterceptor>[]	interceptors A list of ClientInterceptor classes that should be used with this client in addition to the globally defined ones.
boolean	sortInterceptors Whether the custom interceptors should be mixed with the global interceptors and sorted afterwards.

Element Detail

value

public abstract String value

The name of the grpc client. This name will be used to get the config options for this client.

Example: @GrpcClient("myClient") <-> grpc.client.myClient.address=static://localhost:9090

Note: This value might also be used to check the common / alternative names in server certificate, you can overwrite this value with the security.authorityOverride property.

Returns:

The name of the grpc client.

interceptors

public abstract Class<? extends ClientInterceptor>[] interceptors

A list of ClientInterceptor classes that should be used with this client in addition to the globally defined ones. If a bean of the given type exists, it will be used; otherwise a new instance of that class will be created via no-args constructor.

Note: Please read the javadocs regarding the ordering of interceptors.

Returns:

A list of ClientInterceptor classes that should be used.

Default:

{}

interceptorNames

public abstract String[] interceptorNames

A list of ClientInterceptor beans that should be used with this client in addition to the globally defined ones.

Note: Please read the javadocs regarding the ordering of interceptors.

Returns:

A list of ClientInterceptor beans that should be used.

Default:

{}

sortInterceptors

public abstract boolean sortInterceptors

Whether the custom interceptors should be mixed with the global interceptors and sorted afterwards. Use this option if you want to add a custom interceptor between global interceptors.

Returns:

True, if the custom interceptors should be merged with the global ones and sorted afterwards. False otherwise.

Default:

false