R2DBC (Reactive Relational Database Connectivity) is an SPI which enables interacting with SQL database servers by executing SQL statements using a non-blocking reactive programming model with the Java programming language.

R2DBC is a Java-based, open source data access technology.

This technology is an SPI (Service Provider Interface) for the Java programming language that defines how a client may access a database using reactive programming. It specifies SPI methods for executing queries using a non-blocking driver. R2DBC is oriented towards relational databases.

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