io.vertx.grpc.client

Interface GrpcClient

public interface GrpcClient

A gRPC client for Vert.x Unlike traditional gRPC clients, this client does not rely on a generated RPC interface to interact with the service. Instead, you can interact with the service with a request/response interfaces and gRPC messages, very much like a traditional client. The client exposes 2 levels of API

• a Protobuf message API: GrpcClientRequest/GrpcClientResponse with Protobuf messages to call any gRPC service in a generic way
• a gRPC message request(SocketAddress, MethodDescriptor): GrpcClientRequest/GrpcClientRequest with gRPC messages to call a given method of a gRPC service

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static GrpcClient	client(Vertx vertx) Create a new client
static GrpcClient	client(Vertx vertx, HttpClientOptions options) Create a new client
Future<Void>	close() Close this client.
Future<GrpcClientRequest<Buffer,Buffer>>	request(SocketAddress server) Connect to the remote server and create a request for any hosted gRPC service.
<Req,Resp> Future<GrpcClientRequest<Req,Resp>>	request(SocketAddress server, io.grpc.MethodDescriptor<Req,Resp> method) Connect to the remote server and create a request for given method of a hosted gRPC service.

Method Detail

client

static GrpcClient client(Vertx vertx)

Create a new client

Parameters:

vertx - the vertx instance

Returns:

the created client

client

static GrpcClient client(Vertx vertx,
                         HttpClientOptions options)

Create a new client

Parameters:

vertx - the vertx instance

options - the client options

Returns:

the created client

request

Future<GrpcClientRequest<Buffer,Buffer>> request(SocketAddress server)

Connect to the remote server and create a request for any hosted gRPC service.

Parameters:

server - the server hosting the service

Returns:

a future request

request

<Req,Resp> Future<GrpcClientRequest<Req,Resp>> request(SocketAddress server,
                                                       io.grpc.MethodDescriptor<Req,Resp> method)

Connect to the remote server and create a request for given method of a hosted gRPC service.

Parameters:

server - the server hosting the service

Returns:

a future request

close

Future<Void> close()

Close this client.