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…od to create a resource (#15237)

This closes #10049.

#### REV
- Updating the doc for`.add...()` methods to specify that the resource is created in same stack where the `Mesh` exists
- Updating `README` file to clarify the difference between using the constructor and method to create a resource.

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Seiya6329 authored Jun 22, 2021
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25 changes: 15 additions & 10 deletions packages/@aws-cdk/aws-appmesh/README.md
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Expand Up @@ -72,24 +72,29 @@ const router = mesh.addVirtualRouter('router', {
});
```

The router can also be created using the constructor and passing in the mesh instead of calling the `addVirtualRouter()` method for the mesh.
The same pattern applies to all constructs within the appmesh library, for any mesh.addXZY method, a new constuctor can also be used.
This is particularly useful for cross stack resources are required.
Where creating the `mesh` as part of an infrastructure stack and creating the `resources` such as `nodes` is more useful to keep in the application stack.
Note that creating the router using the `addVirtualRouter()` method places it in the same Stack that the mesh belongs to
(which might be different from the current Stack).
The router can also be created using the constructor of `VirtualRouter` and passing in the mesh instead of calling the `addVirtualRouter()` method.
This is particularly useful when splitting your resources between many Stacks,
like creating the `mesh` as part of an infrastructure stack,
but the other resources, such as routers, in the application stack:

```ts
const mesh = new Mesh(stack, 'AppMesh', {
const mesh = new Mesh(infraStack, 'AppMesh', {
meshName: 'myAwsmMesh',
egressFilter: MeshFilterType.Allow_All,
egressFilter: MeshFilterType.ALLOW_ALL,
});

const router = new VirtualRouter(stack, 'router', {
mesh, // notice that mesh is a required property when creating a router with a new statement
listeners: [ appmesh.VirtualRouterListener.http(8081) ]
}
// the VirtualRouter will belong to 'appStack',
// even though the Mesh belongs to 'infraStack'
const router = new VirtualRouter(appStack, 'router', {
mesh: mesh, // notice that mesh is a required property when creating a router with the 'new' statement
listeners: [appmesh.VirtualRouterListener.http(8081)],
});
```

The same is true for other `add*()` methods in the AppMesh library.

The _VirtualRouterListener_ class provides an easy interface for defining new protocol specific listeners.
The `http()`, `http2()`, `grpc()` and `tcp()` methods are available for use.
They accept a single port parameter, that is used to define what port to match requests on.
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16 changes: 11 additions & 5 deletions packages/@aws-cdk/aws-appmesh/lib/mesh.ts
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Expand Up @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export enum MeshFilterType {
}

/**
* Interface wich all Mesh based classes MUST implement
* Interface which all Mesh based classes MUST implement
*/
export interface IMesh extends cdk.IResource {
/**
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readonly meshArn: string;

/**
* Adds a VirtualRouter to the Mesh with the given id and props
* Creates a new VirtualRouter in this Mesh.
* Note that the Router is created in the same Stack that this Mesh belongs to,
* which might be different than the current stack.
*/
addVirtualRouter(id: string, props?: VirtualRouterBaseProps): VirtualRouter;

/**
* Adds a VirtualNode to the Mesh
* Creates a new VirtualNode in this Mesh.
* Note that the Node is created in the same Stack that this Mesh belongs to,
* which might be different than the current stack.
*/
addVirtualNode(id: string, props?: VirtualNodeBaseProps): VirtualNode;

/**
* Adds a VirtualGateway to the Mesh
* Creates a new VirtualGateway in this Mesh.
* Note that the Gateway is created in the same Stack that this Mesh belongs to,
* which might be different than the current stack.
*/
addVirtualGateway(id: string, props?: VirtualGatewayBaseProps): VirtualGateway;
}
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/**
* The name of the Mesh being defined
*
* @default - A name is autmoatically generated
* @default - A name is automatically generated
*/
readonly meshName?: string;

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