Allow handlers to hint at the services they export

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/__init__.py b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/__init__.py
index 526bd9e14f..66713d3109 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/__init__.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/__init__.py
@@ -849,6 +849,26 @@ class GenericRpcHandler(six.with_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)):
     raise NotImplementedError()
 
 
+class ServiceRpcHandler(six.with_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta, GenericRpcHandler)):
+  """An implementation of RPC methods belonging to a service.
+
+  A service handles RPC methods with structured names of the form
+  '/Service.Name/Service.MethodX', where 'Service.Name' is the value
+  returned by service_name(), and 'Service.MethodX' is the service method
+  name.  A service can have multiple service methods names, but only a single
+  service name.
+  """
+
+  @abc.abstractmethod
+  def service_name(self):
+    """Returns this services name.
+
+    Returns:
+      The service name.
+    """
+    raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
 #############################  Server Interface  ###############################