Fallbacks are known values, which you return when there's an error invoking an http method.
For example, you can return a cached result as opposed to raising an error to the caller. To use
this feature, pass a safe implementation of your target interface as the last parameter to `HystrixFeign.Builder.target`.
Here's an example:
```java
// When dealing with fallbacks, it is less tedious to keep interfaces small.
interface GitHub {
@RequestLine("GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contributors")
List<String> contributors(@Param("owner") String owner, @Param("repo") String repo);
}
// This instance will be invoked if there are errors of any kind.
GitHub fallback = (owner, repo) -> {
if (owner.equals("Netflix") && repo.equals("feign")) {
return Arrays.asList("stuarthendren"); // inspired this approach!
} else {
return Collections.emptyList();
}
};
GitHub github = HystrixFeign.builder()
...
.target(GitHub.class, "https://api.github.com", fallback);
```
Credit to the idea goes to @stuarthendren!
Spencer Gibb
Adrian Cole
Christopher Lakey