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Diffstat (limited to 'src/python/grpcio/grpc/__init__.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/python/grpcio/grpc/__init__.py | 17 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/__init__.py b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/__init__.py index 7fa7303691..b7ed0c8563 100644 --- a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/__init__.py +++ b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/__init__.py @@ -813,7 +813,11 @@ class StreamStreamMultiCallable(six.with_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)): class Channel(six.with_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)): - """Affords RPC invocation via generic methods on client-side.""" + """Affords RPC invocation via generic methods on client-side. + + Channel objects implement the Context Manager type, although they need not + support being entered and exited multiple times. + """ @abc.abstractmethod def subscribe(self, callback, try_to_connect=False): @@ -926,6 +930,17 @@ class Channel(six.with_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)): """ raise NotImplementedError() + @abc.abstractmethod + def close(self): + """Closes this Channel and releases all resources held by it. + + Closing the Channel will immediately terminate all RPCs active with the + Channel and it is not valid to invoke new RPCs with the Channel. + + This method is idempotent. + """ + raise NotImplementedError() + ########################## Service-Side Context ############################## |