## Vert.x gRPC/IO Client

Vert.x gRPC/IO Client extends the Vert.x gRPC client with grpc-java integration.

This client provides a generated stub approach with a gRPC Channel

### Using Vert.x gRPC/IO Client

To use Vert.x gRPC/IO Client, add the following dependency to the dependencies section of your build descriptor:

- Maven (in your `pom.xml`):

    <dependency>
      <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
      <artifactId>vertx-grpcio-client</artifactId>
      <version>5.0.5</version>
    </dependency>

- Gradle (in your `build.gradle` file):

    dependencies {
      compile 'io.vertx:vertx-grpcio-client:5.0.5'
    }

### gRPC channel

The Vert.x gRPC/IO Client provides a gRPC channel to use with grpc-java generated client classes.

    GrpcIoClientChannel channel = new GrpcIoClientChannel(client, SocketAddress.inetSocketAddress(443, "example.com"));

    GreeterGrpc.GreeterStub greeter = GreeterGrpc.newStub(channel);

    StreamObserver<HelloReply> observer = new StreamObserver<HelloReply>() {
      @Override
      public void onNext(HelloReply value) {
        // Process response
      }

      @Override
      public void onCompleted() {
        // Done
      }

      @Override
      public void onError(Throwable t) {
        // Something went bad
      }
    };

    greeter.sayHello(HelloRequest.newBuilder().setName("Bob").build(), observer);

Timeout and deadlines are supported through the usual gRPC API.

    GreeterGrpc.GreeterStub greeter = GreeterGrpc.newStub(channel).withDeadlineAfter(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

    greeter.sayHello(HelloRequest.newBuilder().setName("Bob").build(), observer);

Deadline are cascaded, e.g. when the current `io.grpc.Context` carries a deadline and the stub has no explicit deadline set, the client automatically inherits the implicit deadline. Such deadline can be set when using a stub within a gRPC server call.

### Idiomatic gRPC/IO client

The Vert.x gRPC protoc plugin supports the generation of gRPC/IO client code:

- `examples/Greeter.java`

- `examples/GreeterClient.java`

- `examples/GreeterGrpcIo.java`

By default, `GreeterGrpcIo` is not generated, to activate it you need to tell the Vert.x gRPC protoc plugin to generate it:

    <protocPlugin>
      <id>vertx-grpc-protoc-plugin2</id>
      <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
      <artifactId>vertx-grpc-protoc-plugin2</artifactId>
      <version>${stack.version}</version>
      <mainClass>io.vertx.grpc.plugin.VertxGrpcGenerator</mainClass>
      <args>
        <arg>grpc-io</arg>
      </args>
    </protocPlugin>

The `GreeterGrpcIo` provides a client stub that uses the Vert.x gRPC/IO Client to interact with a service:

    GrpcIoClientChannel channel = new GrpcIoClientChannel(client, SocketAddress.inetSocketAddress(443, "example.com"));

    GreeterGrpcIo.GreeterStub greeter = GreeterGrpcIo.newStub(vertx, channel);

    Future<HelloReply> future = greeter.sayHello(HelloRequest.newBuilder().setName("Bob").build());

    future
      .onSuccess(reply -> {
        // Process response
      })
      .onFailure(err -> {
        // Something went bad
      });

You can read the idiomatic client section to learn more about it.