LoadBalancer (http-client-core 3.10.4 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRoundRobinLoadBalancer, DiscoveryClientRoundRobinLoadBalancer, FixedLoadBalancer, ServiceInstanceListRoundRobinLoadBalancer

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.
```
@FunctionalInterface
public interface LoadBalancer
```
Interface to abstract server selection. Allows plugging in load balancing strategies.

Since:

1.0

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static LoadBalancer`	`empty()`
`static LoadBalancer`	`fixed(java.net.URI uri)`	A `LoadBalancer` that does no load balancing and always hits the given URI.
`static LoadBalancer`	`fixed(java.net.URL url)`	Deprecated. Use `fixed(URI)` instead
`default java.util.Optional<java.lang.String>`	`getContextPath()`
`default org.reactivestreams.Publisher<io.micronaut.discovery.ServiceInstance>`	`select()`
`org.reactivestreams.Publisher<io.micronaut.discovery.ServiceInstance>`	`select(java.lang.Object discriminator)`

- Method Detail
  - select
```
org.reactivestreams.Publisher<io.micronaut.discovery.ServiceInstance> select(@Nullable
                                                                             java.lang.Object discriminator)
```
    Parameters:
    
    discriminator - An object used to discriminate the server to select. Usually the service ID
    
    Returns:
    
    The selected ServiceInstance
  - getContextPath
```
default java.util.Optional<java.lang.String> getContextPath()
```
    Returns:
    
    The context path to use for requests.
  - select
```
default org.reactivestreams.Publisher<io.micronaut.discovery.ServiceInstance> select()
```
    Returns:
    
    The selected ServiceInstance
  - fixed
```
@Deprecated
static LoadBalancer fixed(java.net.URL url)
```
    Deprecated.
    Use fixed(URI) instead
    
    A LoadBalancer that does no load balancing and always hits the given URL.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - The URL
    
    Returns:
    
    The LoadBalancer
  - fixed
```
static LoadBalancer fixed(java.net.URI uri)
```
    A LoadBalancer that does no load balancing and always hits the given URI.
    
    Parameters:
    
    uri - The URI
    
    Returns:
    
    The LoadBalancer
  - empty
```
static LoadBalancer empty()
```
    Returns:
    
    An error because there are no load balancer