2 Verticles: The basic processing units of Vert.x
This chapter covers
- What verticles are
- How to write, configure, and deploy verticles
- The Vert.x threading model
- How to mix Vert.x and non-Vert.x threads
Put simply, a verticle is the fundamental processing unit in Vert.x. The role of a verticle is to encapsulate a technical functional unit for processing events, such as exposing an HTTP API and responding to requests, providing a repository interface on top of a database, or issuing requests to a third-party system. Much like components in technologies like Enterprise JavaBeans, verticles can be deployed, and they have a life cycle.
Asynchronous programming is key to building reactive applications, since they have to scale, and verticles are ...
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