Module io.modelcontextprotocol.sdk.mcp

Package io.modelcontextprotocol.spec

Interface McpClientTransport

All Superinterfaces:

ClientMcpTransport, McpTransport

All Known Implementing Classes:

HttpClientSseClientTransport, StdioClientTransport

public interface McpClientTransport
extends ClientMcpTransport

Marker interface for the client-side MCP transport.

Author:

Christian Tzolov, Dariusz Jędrzejczyk

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
reactor.core.publisher.Mono<Void>	connect(Function<reactor.core.publisher.Mono<McpSchema.JSONRPCMessage>,reactor.core.publisher.Mono<McpSchema.JSONRPCMessage>> handler)	Initializes and starts the transport connection.

Methods inherited from interface io.modelcontextprotocol.spec.McpTransport

close, closeGracefully, sendMessage, unmarshalFrom

Method Details

connect

reactor.core.publisher.Mono<Void> connect(Function<reactor.core.publisher.Mono<McpSchema.JSONRPCMessage>,reactor.core.publisher.Mono<McpSchema.JSONRPCMessage>> handler)

Description copied from interface: McpTransport

Initializes and starts the transport connection.

This method should be called before any message exchange can occur. It sets up the necessary resources and establishes the connection to the server.

Specified by:

connect in interface McpTransport