Clarify example in docs. Fixes gh-805.

2 years ago · e70b66c187
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--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-openfeign.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-openfeign.adoc
@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ feign:
				@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ feign:
 				queryMapEncoder: com.example.SimpleQueryMapEncoder
 				metrics.enabled: false
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+`feignName` in this example refers to `@FeignClient` `value`, that is also aliased with `@FeginClient` `name` and `@FeignClient` `contextId`. In a load-balanced scenario, it also corresponds to the `serviceId` of the server app that will be used to retrieve the instances.
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 Default configurations can be specified in the `@EnableFeignClients` attribute `defaultConfiguration` in a similar manner as described above. The difference is that this configuration will apply to _all_ feign clients.