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R. HedgpethR2DBC Revealedhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6989-3_4

4. Connections

Robert Hedgpeth1  
(1)
Chicago, IL, USA
 

Supporting connections to data sources is an important piece of functionality within any application. In fact, depending on the application, it may very well be the most important piece of functionality. Understanding the significance of the connection functionality, the R2DBC specification provides a variety of interfaces and classes that allow driver implementations to not only establish connections but efficiently manage them in a purely reactive manner.

In this chapter, I’ll examine the most crucial aspect of the R2DBC SPI, creating ...

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