Class Channel

Represents a gRPC channel. Channels are an abstraction of long-lived connections to remote servers. More client objects can reuse the same channel. Creating a channel is an expensive operation compared to invoking a remote call so in general you should reuse a single channel for as many calls as possible.

Inheritance
System.Object
Channel
Inherited Members
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Namespace: Grpc.Core
Assembly: Grpc.Core.dll
Syntax
public class Channel

Constructors

Channel(String, ChannelCredentials)

Creates a channel that connects to a specific host. Port will default to 80 for an unsecure channel and to 443 for a secure channel.

Declaration
public Channel(string target, ChannelCredentials credentials)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.String target

Target of the channel.
ChannelCredentials credentials

Credentials to secure the channel.

Channel(String, ChannelCredentials, IEnumerable<ChannelOption>)

Creates a channel that connects to a specific host. Port will default to 80 for an unsecure channel and to 443 for a secure channel.

Declaration
public Channel(string target, ChannelCredentials credentials, IEnumerable<ChannelOption> options)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.String target

Target of the channel.
ChannelCredentials credentials

Credentials to secure the channel.
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<ChannelOption> options

Channel options.

Channel(String, Int32, ChannelCredentials)

Creates a channel that connects to a specific host and port.

Declaration
public Channel(string host, int port, ChannelCredentials credentials)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.String host

The name or IP address of the host.
System.Int32 port

The port.
ChannelCredentials credentials

Credentials to secure the channel.

Channel(String, Int32, ChannelCredentials, IEnumerable<ChannelOption>)

Creates a channel that connects to a specific host and port.

Declaration
public Channel(string host, int port, ChannelCredentials credentials, IEnumerable<ChannelOption> options)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.String host

The name or IP address of the host.
System.Int32 port

The port.
ChannelCredentials credentials

Credentials to secure the channel.
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<ChannelOption> options

Channel options.

Properties

ResolvedTarget

Resolved address of the remote endpoint in URI format.

Declaration
public string ResolvedTarget { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.String

ShutdownToken

Returns a token that gets cancelled once ShutdownAsync is invoked.

Declaration
public CancellationToken ShutdownToken { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Threading.CancellationToken

State

Gets current connectivity state of this channel. After channel is has been shutdown, ChannelState.Shutdown will be returned.

Declaration
public ChannelState State { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
ChannelState

Target

The original target used to create the channel.

Declaration
public string Target { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.String

Methods

ConnectAsync(Nullable<DateTime>)

Allows explicitly requesting channel to connect without starting an RPC. Returned task completes once state Ready was seen. If the deadline is reached, or channel enters the Shutdown state, the task is cancelled. There is no need to call this explicitly unless your use case requires that. Starting an RPC on a new channel will request connection implicitly.

Declaration
public Task ConnectAsync(DateTime? deadline = default(DateTime? ))
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.Nullable<System.DateTime> deadline

The deadline. null indicates no deadline.
Returns
Type Description
System.Threading.Tasks.Task

ShutdownAsync()

Shuts down the channel cleanly. It is strongly recommended to shutdown all previously created channels before exiting from the process.

Declaration
public Task ShutdownAsync()
Returns
Type Description
System.Threading.Tasks.Task
Remarks

This method doesn't wait for all calls on this channel to finish (nor does it explicitly cancel all outstanding calls). It is user's responsibility to make sure all the calls on this channel have finished (successfully or with an error) before shutting down the channel to ensure channel shutdown won't impact the outcome of those remote calls.

WaitForStateChangedAsync(ChannelState, Nullable<DateTime>)

Returned tasks completes once channel state has become different from given lastObservedState. If deadline is reached or and error occurs, returned task is cancelled.

Declaration
public Task WaitForStateChangedAsync(ChannelState lastObservedState, DateTime? deadline = default(DateTime? ))
Parameters
Type Name Description
ChannelState lastObservedState
System.Nullable<System.DateTime> deadline
Returns
Type Description
System.Threading.Tasks.Task

Extension Methods