Hystrix支持回退的概念：当它们的电路断开或出现错误时执行的默认代码路径。要为给定的@FeignClient启用回退，请将fallback属性设置为实现回退的类名称。您还需要将实现声明为Spring bean。

@FeignClient(name = "hello", fallback = HystrixClientFallback.class)
protected interface HystrixClient {
    @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET, value = "/hello")
    Hello iFailSometimes();
}

static class HystrixClientFallback implements HystrixClient {
    @Override
    public Hello iFailSometimes() {
        return new Hello("fallback");
    }
}

如果需要访问引起后备触发器的原因，则可以使用@FeignClient中的fallbackFactory属性。

@FeignClient(name = "hello", fallbackFactory = HystrixClientFallbackFactory.class)
protected interface HystrixClient {
	@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET, value = "/hello")
	Hello iFailSometimes();
}

@Component
static class HystrixClientFallbackFactory implements FallbackFactory<HystrixClient> {
	@Override
	public HystrixClient create(Throwable cause) {
		return new HystrixClient() {
			@Override
			public Hello iFailSometimes() {
				return new Hello("fallback; reason was: " + cause.getMessage());
			}
		};
	}
}

Feign中的后备实现以及Hystrix后备如何工作存在局限性。返回com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommand和rx.Observable的方法当前不支持后备。