Spring Security in Action

19 Spring Security for reactive apps

This chapter covers

• Using Spring Security with reactive applications

• Using reactive apps in a system designed with OAuth 2

Reactive is a programming paradigm where we apply a different way of thinking when developing our applications. Reactive programming is a powerful way of developing web apps that has gained wide acceptance. I would even say that it became fashionable a few years ago when any important conference had at least a few presentations discussing reactive apps. But like any other technology in software development, reactive programming doesn’t represent a solution applicable to every situation.

In some cases, a reactive approach is an excellent fit. In other cases, it might only complicate ...