On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 9:22 PM, Ryan Michela <delta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This API seems backwards. Why is the response observer responsible for > managing the request observer's flow control? > Ah, yes. In short: "because that is the only object grpc creates". "History" could also be a partial explanation, but a bit weaker. I will note that if you look at the ClientCall/ServerCall and its Listener the API should look fairly natural. We implement the StreamObserver-based API on the lower-level Call API. The "advanced" flow control API (disableAutoInboundFlowControl+request) was added late to the async API history when we didn't feel comfortable making large breaking changes. There was also some disagreement on the team with how frequently it would be necessary (vs blocking the onNext callback), which impacted how "pretty" the API needed to be. The API was also limited for testing. At the time, it was expected that applications would mock the stub/StreamObserver directly. The InProcess transport was added much later, and it was later still before it was agreed directly mocking the stub/StreamObserver should be avoided/prohibited. During this time the StreamObservers needed to be kept simple since there would be many implementations in tests. But really, the API is pretty close to what we want. If I could break API and all users were magically updated, I think the only real change I would make is removing the need to cast; I'd make the types be ClientCallStreamObserver/ServerCallStreamObserver directly. Or maybe use ClientCall/ServerCall directly, although that would introduce its own set of problems. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "grpc.io" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to grpc-io+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to grpc-io@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/grpc-io. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/grpc-io/CA%2B4M1oMV-oP9OEzSZdk1ETkO%2BmM%3D47XzN7RS6b4nt2n_m4Gmow%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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