Let's look at a simple example about Feign Client. In Chapter 8, Simplify HTTP API with Feign Client, we will discuss more about the Spring Cloud Netflix Feign Client. Feign Client is a discovery-aware Spring RestTemplate using interfaces to communicate with endpoints. This client is a registry server-aware client. It will be used as the Discovery-server-aware Spring RestTemplate using an interface with service endpoints to communicate, and these interfaces will be automatically implemented at runtime. The Spring Cloud Netflix Feign Client is using services-names instead of the service-urls.
Feign already uses Ribbon, so if you are using @FeignClient then this section also applies. ...
