pub trait Service<Request> {
type Response;
type Error;
type Future: Future<Output = Result<Self::Response, Self::Error>>;
// Required method
fn call(&self, req: Request) -> Self::Future;
}Expand description
An asynchronous function from a Request to a Response.
The Service trait is a simplified interface making it easy to write
network applications in a modular and reusable way, decoupled from the
underlying protocol.
§Functional
A Service is a function of a Request. It immediately returns a
Future representing the eventual completion of processing the
request. The actual request processing may happen at any time in the
future, on any thread or executor. The processing may depend on calling
other services. At some point in the future, the processing will complete,
and the Future will resolve to a response or error.
At a high level, the Service::call function represents an RPC request. The
Service value can be a server or a client.
Required Associated Types§
Required Methods§
sourcefn call(&self, req: Request) -> Self::Future
fn call(&self, req: Request) -> Self::Future
Process the request and return the response asynchronously.
call takes &self instead of mut &self because:
- It prepares the way for async fn,
since then the future only borrows
&self, and thus a Service can concurrently handle multiple outstanding requests at once. - It’s clearer that Services can likely be cloned
- To share state across clones, you generally need
Arc<Mutex<_>>That means you’re not really using the&mut selfand could do with a&self. The discussion on this is here: https://github.com/hyperium/hyper/issues/3040