OpenFeign / OpenFeign/feign

Non-blocking I/O support

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enhancement feign-12 proposal
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Description

As per our discussion with @adriancole in #24 , it would be good to add non-blocking I/O support to Feign.

This can be particularly beneficial for the scenarios with API gateways or microservice API composition.

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the discussion referenced in #24 and the surrounding issue context. Then inspect Feign's current I/O entry points to determine the scope of non-blocking support for API gateways and microservice API composition; done should provide that support, with acceptance criteria agreed before implementation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
api, backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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