= Simple Function Composition from Catalog
This sample demonstrates a composition of functions from the catalog based on https://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud-function[Spring Cloud Function] framework.
The goal and configuration of the sample is very simple and straightforward.
It uses these dependencies:
[source,groovy]
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implementation 'org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-function-context'
implementation 'org.springframework.cloud.fn:spring-time-supplier'
implementation 'org.springframework.cloud.fn:spring-spel-function'
implementation 'org.springframework.cloud.fn:spring-log-consumer'
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The first one is for `FunctionCatalog` and functions composition configuration.
The rest are artifacts from Spring Functions Catalog with auto-configuration for respective function.
These functions are composed via standard property: `spring.cloud.function.definition = timeSupplier|spelFunction|logConsumer`.
Then we provide some customization for specific function using its configuration properties:
[source,properties]
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#Emit only seconds from time supplier
time.date-format = ss
#Suffix seconds emitted by the time supplier with some text
spel.function.expression = "'Current seconds: ' + payload"
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The Log Consumer is left without any customization deliberately to demonstrate that there is some default auto-configuration applied.
Since we deal in this sample with pure Spring Cloud Function framework, there is no any out-of-the-box triggers to initiate data flow from our function composition.
Therefore, we use `@Scheduled` API in the sample application to call `Runnable.run()` every second which was provided by the default `FunctionCatalog.lookup(null)`.
You can see this function composition in action running the application from the IDE or using Spring Boot Gradle plugin via `./gradlew bootRun`.
The `@SpringBootTest` in this sample ensures that log output contains `Current seconds:` text.
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