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How can I explain team feign is good choice for REST client?

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#850 opened on Dec 4, 2018

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Description

Which advantages brings Feign compared with JAX-RS Client, OkHttp, UniRest, Retrofit, Akka HTTP Client and another?

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Compare Feign with JAX RS Client, OkHttp, UniRest, Retrofit, and Akka HTTP Client, focusing on advantages such as simplicity, integration, and annotation support.
Tech stack
java
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api
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Java
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