ChatClientBuilder Class
Definition
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A builder for creating pipelines of IChatClient.
public ref class ChatClientBuilder sealedpublic sealed class ChatClientBuildertype ChatClientBuilder = classPublic NotInheritable Class ChatClientBuilder- Inheritance
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ChatClientBuilder
Constructors
| ChatClientBuilder(IServiceProvider) |
Initializes a new instance of the ChatClientBuilder class. |
Properties
| Services |
Gets the IServiceProvider associated with the builder instance. |
Methods
| Equals(Object) |
Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object) |
| GetHashCode() |
Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object) |
| GetType() |
Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object) |
| MemberwiseClone() |
Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object) |
| ToString() |
Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object) |
| Use(Func<IChatClient,IChatClient>) |
Adds a factory for an intermediate chat client to the chat client pipeline. |
| Use(Func<IServiceProvider,IChatClient,IChatClient>) |
Adds a factory for an intermediate chat client to the chat client pipeline. |
| Use(IChatClient) |
Completes the pipeline by adding a final IChatClient that represents the underlying backend. This is typically a client for an LLM service. |
Extension Methods
| UseChatOptions(ChatClientBuilder, Func<ChatOptions,ChatOptions>) |
Adds a callback that updates or replaces ChatOptions. This can be used to set default options. |
| UseDistributedCache(ChatClientBuilder, IDistributedCache, Action<DistributedCachingChatClient>) |
Adds a DistributedCachingChatClient as the next stage in the pipeline. |
| UseFunctionInvocation(ChatClientBuilder, Action<FunctionInvokingChatClient>) |
Enables automatic function call invocation on the chat pipeline. |
| UseLogging(ChatClientBuilder, ILogger, Action<LoggingChatClient>) |
Adds logging to the chat client pipeline. |
| UseOpenTelemetry(ChatClientBuilder, ILoggerFactory, String, Action<OpenTelemetryChatClient>) |
Adds OpenTelemetry support to the chat client pipeline, following the OpenTelemetry Semantic Conventions for Generative AI systems. |
