Introducing Spring Framework 6: Learning and Building Java-based Applications With Spring

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F. Gutierrez, J. B. OttingerIntroducing Spring Framework 6https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8637-1_9

9. Integrating Your Spring Application with External Systems

Felipe Gutierrez¹   and Joseph B. Ottinger²

(1)

Cary, NC, USA

(2)

YOUNGSVILLE, NC, USA

 

In previous chapters, we’ve focused on processes that are synchronous processes – we issue a command to a database and get a response, or we make a web request, and it gives us a rendered page. In this chapter, we’re going to introduce asynchronous processing, processes that do not create an immediate response.

We’re also going to change approach slightly. In prior chapters, we’ve been building a “search engine”