Allow to ignore methods on provided interface

core/src/main/java/feign/Contract.java

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public List<MethodMetadata> parseAndValidateMetadata(Class<?> targetType) {
       for (final Method method : targetType.getMethods()) {
         if (method.getDeclaringClass() == Object.class ||
             (method.getModifiers() & Modifier.STATIC) != 0 ||
-            Util.isDefault(method)) {
+            Util.isDefault(method) || method.isAnnotationPresent(FeignIgnore.class)) {
           continue;
         }
         final MethodMetadata metadata = parseAndValidateMetadata(targetType, method);

core/src/main/java/feign/FeignIgnore.java

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2023 The Feign Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+ * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
+ * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+package feign;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.*;
+import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
+
+/**
+ * Indicates that method will be ignored
+ */
+@Retention(RUNTIME)
+@java.lang.annotation.Target({METHOD})
+public @interface FeignIgnore {
+}

core/src/main/java/feign/ReflectiveFeign.java

@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ public Object invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args) throws Throwabl
         return hashCode();
       } else if ("toString".equals(method.getName())) {
         return toString();
+      } else if (!dispatch.containsKey(method)) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException(String.format("Method \"%s\" should not be called", method.getName()));
       }
 
       return dispatch.get(method).invoke(args);

core/src/test/java/feign/FeignTest.java

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import okio.Buffer;
 import org.assertj.core.data.MapEntry;
 import org.assertj.core.util.Maps;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
@@ -1167,6 +1168,20 @@ public void responseInterceptorChainOrder() throws Exception {
     assertEquals("ResponseInterceptor did not extract the response body", body, api.post());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testCallIgnoredMethod() throws Exception {
+    TestInterface api = new TestInterfaceBuilder()
+            .target("http://localhost:" + server.getPort());
+
+    try {
+      api.ignore();
+      Assert.fail("No exception thrown");
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      assertThat(e.getClass()).isEqualTo(UnsupportedOperationException.class);
+      assertThat(e.getMessage()).isEqualTo("Method \"ignore\" should not be called");
+    }
+  }
+
   interface TestInterface {
 
     @RequestLine("POST /")
@@ -1272,6 +1287,9 @@ void queryMapPropertyInheritenceWithBeanMapEncoder(@QueryMap(
     @Headers("Custom: {complex}")
     void supportComplexHttpHeaders(@Param("complex") String complex);
 
+    @FeignIgnore
+    String ignore();
+
     class ClockToMillis implements Param.Expander {
 
       @Override

reactive/src/main/java/feign/reactive/ReactiveInvocationHandler.java

@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ public Object invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args) throws Throwabl
       return hashCode();
     } else if ("toString".equals(method.getName())) {
       return toString();
+    } else if (!dispatch.containsKey(method)) {
+      throw new UnsupportedOperationException(String.format("Method \"%s\" should not be called", method.getName()));
     }
     return this.invoke(method, this.dispatch.get(method), args);
   }

reactive/src/test/java/feign/reactive/ReactiveFeignIntegrationTest.java

@@ -22,21 +22,10 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
-import feign.Client;
-import feign.Logger;
+
+import feign.*;
 import feign.Logger.Level;
-import feign.Param;
-import feign.QueryMap;
-import feign.QueryMapEncoder;
-import feign.Request;
 import feign.Request.Options;
-import feign.RequestInterceptor;
-import feign.RequestLine;
-import feign.RequestTemplate;
-import feign.Response;
-import feign.ResponseMapper;
-import feign.RetryableException;
-import feign.Retryer;
 import feign.codec.Decoder;
 import feign.codec.ErrorDecoder;
 import feign.jackson.JacksonDecoder;
@@ -52,6 +41,7 @@
 import javax.ws.rs.Path;
 import okhttp3.mockwebserver.MockResponse;
 import okhttp3.mockwebserver.MockWebServer;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
@@ -73,6 +63,20 @@ private String getServerUrl() {
     return "http://localhost:" + this.webServer.getPort();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testCallIgnoredMethod() throws Exception {
+    TestReactorService service = ReactorFeign.builder()
+            .target(TestReactorService.class, this.getServerUrl());
+
+    try {
+      service.ignore().subscribe();
+      Assert.fail("No exception thrown");
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      assertThat(e.getClass()).isEqualTo(UnsupportedOperationException.class);
+      assertThat(e.getMessage()).isEqualTo("Method \"ignore\" should not be called");
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testDefaultMethodsNotProxied() {
     TestReactorService service = ReactorFeign.builder()
@@ -336,6 +340,9 @@ interface TestReactorService {
 
     @RequestLine("GET /users")
     Mono<List<User>> usersMono();
+
+    @FeignIgnore
+    Mono<String> ignore();
   }