Client.java

package io.vertx.example.core.http.sharing;

import io.vertx.core.AbstractVerticle;
import io.vertx.example.util.Runner;

/**
 * A client illustrating the round robin made by vert.x. The client send a request to the server periodically and
 * print the received messages.
 */
public class Client extends AbstractVerticle {

  // Convenience method so you can run it in your IDE
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Runner.runExample(Client.class);
  }

  @Override
  public void start() throws Exception {
    vertx.setPeriodic(1000, (l) -> {
          vertx.createHttpClient().getNow(8080, "localhost", "/", resp -> {
            resp.bodyHandler(body -> {
              System.out.println(body.toString("ISO-8859-1"));
            });
          });
        }
    );
  }
}