Spring Security in Action, Second Edition

17 Implementing security in reactive applications

This chapter covers

• Using Spring Security with reactive applications
• Using reactive apps in a system designed using OAuth 2 authentication

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 several presentations discussing reactive apps. However, like any other technology in software development, reactive programming is not a solution applicable to every situation.

In some cases, a reactive approach is an excellent fit. In other cases, ...