Gee-RPC

Gee-RPC is a lightweight and high-performance RPC (Remote Procedure Call) framework implemented from scratch in Go. Designed with simplicity and efficiency in mind, Gee-RPC provides essential features for building distributed systems, including service registration, message encoding, high-performance clients, timeout handling, HTTP protocol support, load balancing, and service discovery with a registry center.

Features

• Service Registration: Easily register services and methods for remote invocation.
• Message Encoding: Efficient encoding and decoding of messages for communication between client and server.
• High-Performance Client: A lightweight and fast client for making RPC calls.
• Timeout Handling: Built-in timeout mechanisms to prevent hanging requests.
• HTTP Protocol Support: Seamlessly supports HTTP as a transport protocol for RPC communication.
• Load Balancing: Distributes requests across multiple service instances for better performance and reliability.
• Service Discovery & Registry Center: Automatically discover and register services in a distributed environment.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Go 1.20 or higher.

Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Potpot-code/Gee-RPC.git
cd Gee-RPC

Usage

1. Start the Registry Center

The registry center is responsible for service discovery and registration. Start it to enable service registration and discovery.

2. Register a Service

Define and register a service on the server. The server will listen for incoming RPC requests and handle them accordingly.

3. Create a Client

Create a client to call the remote service. The client supports both direct connections and load-balanced requests.

4. Run with Load Balancing

Use the XClient for load balancing across multiple servers. Choose between round-robin or random selection strategies.

5. HTTP Protocol Support

Start an HTTP server to handle RPC requests over HTTP. Clients can send requests using HTTP POST methods.

Configuration

• Timeout: Set timeout for client calls to prevent hanging requests.
• Load Balancing Strategy: Choose between round-robin or random selection for distributing requests.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request for any improvements or bug fixes.

Acknowledgments

• Inspired by Go's standard library and other open-source RPC frameworks.
• Special thanks to the Go community for their invaluable resources and support.

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Happy coding with Gee-RPC! 🚀