What is Reactive Programming
- In reactive programming, the flow of data is asynchronous through push-based publishers and subscribers instead of synchronous pull-based calls.
- The core abstraction in reactive programming is the reactive stream which provides a standard way to work with asynchronous streams of data. The two primary reactive stream interfaces are Publisher and Subscriber.
- Publishers push data to Subscribers asynchronously. Subscribers register callbacks and are notified when new data arrives instead of actively polling for it.
- Examples of reactive streams include Mono and Flux in Spring Webflux. Mono represents a single event/value and Flux represents a stream of multiple values.
Benefits of Reactive Programming with Spring Webflux
- Support for Reactive Types
- Integration with Reactive Streams
- Non-blocking I/O
- Microservices-friendly
Spring Boot – Reactive Programming Using Spring Webflux Framework
In this article, we will explore React programming in Spring Boot, Reactive programming is an asynchronous, non-blocking programming paradigm for developing highly responsive applications that react to external stimuli.