LoadBalancerClient.java

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package org.springframework.cloud.client.loadbalancer;

import org.springframework.cloud.client.ServiceInstance;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URI;

/**
 * Represents a client side load balancer
 * @author Spencer Gibb
 */
public interface LoadBalancerClient extends ServiceInstanceChooser {

	/**
	 * execute request using a ServiceInstance from the LoadBalancer for the specified
	 * service
	 * @param serviceId the service id to look up the LoadBalancer
	 * @param request allows implementations to execute pre and post actions such as
	 * incrementing metrics
	 * @return the result of the LoadBalancerRequest callback on the selected
	 * ServiceInstance
	 */
	<T> T execute(String serviceId, LoadBalancerRequest<T> request) throws IOException;

	/**
	 * execute request using a ServiceInstance from the LoadBalancer for the specified
	 * service
	 * @param serviceId the service id to look up the LoadBalancer
	 * @param serviceInstance the service to execute the request to
	 * @param request allows implementations to execute pre and post actions such as
	 * incrementing metrics
	 * @return the result of the LoadBalancerRequest callback on the selected
	 * ServiceInstance
	 */
	<T> T execute(String serviceId, ServiceInstance serviceInstance, LoadBalancerRequest<T> request) throws IOException;

	/**
	 * Create a proper URI with a real host and port for systems to utilize.
	 * Some systems use a URI with the logical serivce name as the host,
	 * such as http://myservice/path/to/service.  This will replace the
	 * service name with the host:port from the ServiceInstance.
	 * @param instance
	 * @param original a URI with the host as a logical service name
	 * @return a reconstructed URI
	 */
	URI reconstructURI(ServiceInstance instance, URI original);
}