Client hierarchy

This page documents the default client hierarchy behavior as well as how to customize clients. For an overview of the setup, please visit the previous page.

JS RLC is not in the business of customization. it will ignore client.tsp and the follow scenarios will not have impact on the JS RLC user experiences. In this context, TypeScript part means JS Modular Emitter.

Default behavior

By default, each namespace with @service decorator will be generated as a root client. The name for that client will be the namespace name concatenating Client as suffix.

Other nested namespacess and interfaces of each root client will be generated as operation groups with hierarchy.

The root client’s namespace will follow the namespace decorated with @service. If an operation group comes from a nested namespace, it will follow that namespace. If it comes from a nested interface, it will follow the namespace to which the interface belongs.

Different language’s code generator will have different way to organize clients and operation groups. Please refer the following examples.

Single client

main.tsp

@service({
  title: "Pet Store",
})
namespace PetStore;

@route("/feed")
op feed(): void;

@route("/op2")
op pet(): void;

Python

from pet_store import PetStoreClient

client = PetStoreClient()
client.feed()
client.pet()

CSharp

using PetStore;

PetStoreClient client = new PetStoreClient();
client.Feed();
client.Pet();

TypeScript

import { PetStoreClient } from "@azure/package-name";

const client = new PetStoreClient();
client.feed();
client.pet();

Java

PetStoreClient client = new PetStoreClientBuilder().buildClient();
client.feed();
client.pet();

Client with one-layer child operation groups

@service({
  title: "Pet Store",
  version: "v1",
})
namespace PetStore;

@route("/dogs")
interface Dogs {
  feed(): void;
  pet(): void;
}

@route("/cats")
namespace Cats {
  op feed(): void;
  op pet(): void;
}

Python

from pet_store import PetStoreClient

client = PetStoreClient()
client.dogs.feed()
client.dogs.pet()
client.cats.feed()
client.cats.pet()

CSharp

using PetStore;

PetStoreClient client = new PetStoreClient();
client.GetDogsClient().Feed();
client.GetDogsClient().Pet();
client.GetCatsClient().Feed();
client.GetCatsClient().Pet();

TypeScript

import { PetStoreClient } from "@azure/package-name";

const client = new PetStoreClient();
client.dogs.feed();
client.dogs.pet();
client.cats.feed();
client.cats.pet();

Java

PetStoreClientBuilder builder = new PetStoreClientBuilder();

DogsClient dogsClient = builder.buildDogsClient();
dogsClient.feed();
dogsClient.pet();

CatsClient catsClient = builder.buildCatsClient();
catsClient.feed();
catsClient.pet();

Client with multi-layer child operation group

main.tsp

@service({
  title: "Pet Store",
  version: "v1",
})
namespace PetStore;

@route("/info")
op info(): void;

@route("/billings")
interface Billings {
  @route("history")
  history(): void;
}

@route("/pets")
namespace Pets {
  @route("info")
  op info(): void;

  @route("/actions")
  interface Actions {
    feed(): void;
    pet(): void;
  }
}

@route("/actions")
interface Actions {
  open(): void;
  close(): void;
}

Python

from pet_store import PetStoreClient

client = PetStoreClient()
client.info()
client.billings.history()
client.pets.info()
client.pets.actions.feed()
client.pets.actions.pet()
client.actions.open()
client.actions.close()

CSharp

using PetStore;

PetStoreClient client = new PetStoreClient();
client.Info();
client.GetBillingsClient().History();
client.GetPetsClient().Info();
client.GetPetsClient().GetPetsActionsClient().Feed();
client.GetPetsClient().GetPetsActionsClient().Pet();
client.GetActionsClient().Open();
client.GetActionsClient().Close();

TypeScript

import { PetStoreClient } from "@azure/package-name";

const client = new PetStoreClient();
client.info();
client.billings.history();
client.pets.info();
client.pets.actions.feed();
client.pets.actions.pet();
client.actions.open();
client.actions.close();

Java

PetStoreClientBuilder builder = new PetStoreClientBuilder();

PetStoreClient petStoreClient = builder.buildClient();
petStoreClient.info();

BillingsClient billingsClient = builder.buildBillingsClient();
billingsClient.history();

PetsClient petsClient = builder.buildPetsClient();
petsClient.info();

PetsActionsClient petsActionsClient = builder.buildPetsActionsClient();
petsActionsClient.feed();
petsActionsClient.pet();

ActionsClient actionsClient = builder.buildActionsClient();
actionsClient.open();
actionsClient.close();

Customizations

Customization SHOULD always be done in a file called client.tsp along with the main.tsp.

You can use @client and @operationGroup to reconstruct the client hierarchy. However, if any customizations are made, the client hierarchy will only be inferred from those customizations. The logic defined in the default behaviors will no longer take effect.

If any customizations are made, the client’s namespace will follow the namespace decorated with @client or the namespace to which the interface decorated with @client belongs. The operation group’s namespace follows the same logic for @operationGroup. You can use @clientNamespace to override it if needed.

For this section, we will assume that you have service called PetStore in the namespace PetStore, defining the two operations feed and pet.

Renaming the client name

This can be achieved with the augment decorator: @clientName from typespec-client-generator-core.

client.tsp

import "./main.tsp";
import "@azure-tools/typespec-client-generator-core";

using Azure.ClientGenerator.Core;

@@clientName(PetStore, "PetStoreGreatClient");

Python

from pet_store import PetStoreGreatClient

client = PetStoreGreatClient()
client.feed()
client.pet()

CSharp

using PetStore;

PetStoreGreatClient client = new PetStoreGreatClient();
client.Feed();
client.Pet();

TypeScript

import { PetStoreGreatClient } from "@azure/package-name";

const client = new PetStoreGreatClient();
client.feed();
client.pet();

Java

PetStoreGreatClient client = new PetStoreGreatClientBuilder().buildClient();
client.feed();
client.pet();

Renaming the client namespace

This can be achieved with the augment decorator: @clientNamespace from typespec-client-generator-core.

client.tsp

import "./main.tsp";
import "@azure-tools/typespec-client-generator-core";

using Azure.ClientGenerator.Core;

@@clientNamespace(PetStore, "PetStoreRenamed");

Python

from pet_store_renamed import PetStoreClient

client = PetStoreClient()
client.feed()
client.pet()

CSharp

using PetStoreRenamed;

PetStoreClient client = new PetStoreClient();
client.Feed();
client.Pet();

TypeScript

import { PetStoreClient } from "@azure/package-name";

const client = new PetStoreClient();
client.feed();
client.pet();

Java

package petstorerenamed;

PetStoreClient client = new PetStoreClientBuilder().buildClient();
client.feed();
client.pet();

Splitting the operations into two clients

Two clients that separate the operations can be declared using the @client decorator from typespec-client-generator-core.

import "./main.tsp";
import "@azure-tools/typespec-client-generator-core";

using Azure.ClientGenerator.Core;

namespace PetStoreRenamed; // this namespace will be the namespace of the clients and operation groups defined in this customization file

@client({
  name: "FoodClient",
  service: PetStore,
})
interface Client1 {
  feed is PetStore.feed;
}

@client({
  name: "PetActionClient",
  service: PetStore,
})
interface Client2 {
  pet is PetStore.pet;
}

Python

from pet_store_renamed import FoodClient, PetActionClient

client1 = FoodClient()
client2 = PetActionClient()

client1.feed()
client2.pet()

CSharp

using PetStoreRenamed;

PetActionClient petActionClient = new PetActionClient();
FoodClient foodClient = new FoodClient();

petActionClient.Pet();
foodClient.Feed();

TypeScript

import { FoodClient, PetActionClient } from "@azure/package-name";

const client1 = new PetActionClient();
const client2 = new FoodClient();
client1.pet();
client2.feed();

Java

package petstorerenamed;

FoodClient foodClient = new FoodClientBuilder().buildClient();
PetActionClient petActionClient = new PetActionClientBuilder().buildClient();

foodClient.feed()
petActionClient.pet()

One client and two operation groups

Two clients that separate the operations can be declared using the @client decorator and the @operationGroup decorator from typespec-client-generator-core:

client.tsp

import "./main.tsp";
import "@azure-tools/typespec-client-generator-core";

using Azure.ClientGenerator.Core;

@client({
  name: "PetStoreClient",
  service: PetStore,
})
namespace PetStoreRenamed; // this namespace will be the namespace of the clients and operation groups defined in this customization file

@operationGroup
interface OpGrp1 {
  feed is PetStore.feed;
}

@operationGroup
interface OpGrp2 {
  pet is PetStore.pet;
}

Python

from pet_store_renamed import PetStoreClient

client = PetStoreClient()

client.op_grp_1.feed()
client.op_grp_2.pet()

CSharp

using PetStoreRenamed;

PetStoreClient client = new PetStoreClient();

client.GetOpGrp1Client().Feed();
client.GetOpGrp2Client().Pet();

TypeScript

import { PetStoreClient } from "@azure/package-name";

const client = new PetStoreClient();
client.opGrp1.feed();
client.opGrp2.pet();

Java

package petstorerenamed;

PetStoreClientBuilder builder = new PetStoreClientBuilder();

OpGrp1Client opGrp1Client = builder.buildOpGrp1Client();
opGrp1Client.feed();

OpGrp2Client opGrp2Client = builder.buildOpGrp2Client();
opGrp2Client.pet();

Splitting the operations in two clients and have clients in different namespace

Two clients that separates the operations can be declared using the client decorator of typespec-client-generator-core:

client.tsp

import "./main.tsp";
import "@azure-tools/typespec-client-generator-core";

using Azure.ClientGenerator.Core;

namespace PetStoreRenamed; // this namespace will be the namespace of the clients and operation groups defined in this customization file

@client({
  name: "FoodClient",
  service: PetStore,
})
interface Client1 {
  feed is PetStore.feed;
}

@client({
  name: "PetActionClient",
  service: PetStore,
})
@clientNamespace("PetStoreRenamed.SubNamespace") // use @clientNamespace to specify the namespace of the client
interface Client2 {
  pet is PetStore.pet;
}

Python

from pet_store_renamed import FoodClient
from pet_store_renamed.sub_namespace import PetActionClient

client1 = FoodClient()
client2 = PetActionClient()

client1.feed()
client2.pet()

CSharp

using PetStoreRenamed;
using PetStoreRenamed.SubNamespace;

SubNamespacePetActionClient petActionClient = new SubNamespacePetActionClient();
FoodClient foodClient = new FoodClient();

petActionClient.Pet();
foodClient.Feed();

TypeScript

NOT_SUPPORTED;

Java

import petstorerenamed.FoodClient;
import petstorerenamed.FoodClientBuilder;
import petstorerenamed.subnamespace.PetActionClient;
import petstorerenamed.subnamespace.PetActionClientBuilder;

FoodClient foodClient = new FoodClientBuilder().buildClient();
PetActionClient petActionClient = new PetActionClientBuilder().buildClient();

foodClient.feed();
petActionClient.pet();