/**
* Create a Netflix {@link RestClient} integrated with Ribbon if none already exists in the
* application context. It is not required for Ribbon to work properly and is therefore created
* lazily if ever another component requires it.
*
* @param config the configuration to use by the underlying Ribbon instance
* @param loadBalancer the load balancer to use by the underlying Ribbon instance
* @return a {@link RestClient} instances backed by Ribbon
*/
@Bean
@Lazy
@ConditionalOnMissingBean
public RestClient ribbonRestClient(
IClientConfig config, ILoadBalancer loadBalancer, ServerIntrospector serverIntrospector) {
RestClient client = new OverrideRestClient(config, serverIntrospector);
client.setLoadBalancer(loadBalancer);
Monitors.registerObject("Client_" + this.name, client);
return client;
}
