An example of using NATS for request-reply messaging.
This example starts a service that responds with World! from {server id} when it receives a request with the message hello. If you are running multiple service
instances, requests will be automatically load-balanced between them.
NATS supports two flavors of request reply messaging: point-to-point or one-to-many. Point-to-point involves the fastest or first to respond. In a one-to-many exchange, you set a limit on the number of responses the requestor may receive.
In a request-response exchange, publish request operation publishes a message with a reply subject expecting a response on that reply subject. You can request to automatically wait for a response inline.
The request creates an inbox and performs a request call with the inbox reply and returns the first reply received. This is optimized in the case of multiple responses.
More information can be found in the NATS Documentation.
The examples require a local NATS server to be running. To start a NATS server as a Docker container run the following commands:
$ docker pull nats
$ docker run -p 4222:4222 -p 6222:6222 -p 8222:8222 -d --name nats-main nats
You can start the Request-Reply Client using the following command:
$ ./gradlew :requestreply-client:run
Once the client and service is running you will see messages similar to the following in the terminal:
[main] INFO nats.example.requestreply.client.Main - Starting NATS Example Request-Reply Client
[main] INFO nats.example.requestreply.client.Main - SENT: Hello
[main] INFO nats.example.requestreply.client.Main - RECEIVED: World! from 494ad392-e136-4c40-9d1f-69a2d75a5ce6
You can start the Request-Reply Service using the following command:
$ ./gradlew :requestreply-service:run
Once the client and service is running you will see messages similar to the following in the terminal:
[main] INFO nats.example.requestreply.service.Main - Starting NATS Example Request-Reply Service 2c84095d-6a17-4db1-86c3-6d41eb247d9e
[jnats-subscriptions] INFO nats.example.requestreply.service.Main - Received Message From _INBOX.9VgixJvxwVp7Ehi8gej7GJ: Hello
[jnats-subscriptions] INFO nats.example.requestreply.service.Main - Received Message From _INBOX.9VgixJvxwVp7Ehi8gej7IK: Hello
[jnats-subscriptions] INFO nats.example.requestreply.service.Main - Received Message From _INBOX.9VgixJvxwVp7Ehi8gej7KL: Hello
You can start multiple services and see that requests are automatically load-balanced between the instances.
For bugs, questions and discussions please use the Github Issues.
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