spring-cloud / spring-cloud/spring-cloud-openfeign

Add AsyncFeign experimental support

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Description

Feign core added a new feature (see AsyncFeign) that let you create async clients which returns CompletableFuture.

It is still an experimental feature in OpenFeign, but it will be really nice to have it.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

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 linked OpenFeign core AsyncFeign.java implementation and then inspect how this repository creates and configures Feign clients. Determine the integration points needed for clients returning CompletableFuture. Done means Spring Cloud OpenFeign can create and use async clients, with coverage for the supported behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, spring
Domain
api, backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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