About MariaDB Connector/R2DBC
About MariaDB Connector/R2DBC
Overview
Java developers can use MariaDB Connector/R2DBC to connect to MariaDB database products using the Reactive Relational Database Connectivity (R2DBC) API. R2DBC operations are non-blocking, which makes the R2DBC API more scalable than Java's standard JDBC API. MariaDB Connector/R2DBC has a native R2DBC implementation and the Spring Data R2DBC framework.
Supported Versions
1.2
Programming Language
JAVA
Programming Language Version
Java 8+
API
Supports TLS
Yes
Supports Connection Pools
Yes
License
Apache 2.0
End-of-Life (EOL) Versions
The following versions of MariaDB Connector/R2DBC have reached the End of Life and are no longer supported:
MariaDB Connector/R2DBC 1.0
MariaDB Connector/R2DBC 1.1
Users are encouraged to upgrade to the next available supported version.
Maven artifacts
Current connector supporting 1.0.0 R2DBC spec is:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mariadb</groupId>
<artifactId>r2dbc-mariadb</artifactId>
<version>1.2.x</version>
</dependency>
To support R2DBC 0.9.1 spec that is incompatible with 1.0.0 spec:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mariadb</groupId>
<artifactId>r2dbc-mariadb-0.9.1-spec</artifactId>
<version>1.2.x</version>
</dependency>
Benefits of R2DBC
The R2DBC API relies on reactive data streams, which provide many benefits over standard JDBC:
Reactive: R2DBC uses an event-driven, non-blocking, and functional programming model.
Scalable: R2DBC is more scalable than standard JDBC because it allows the runtime to handle concurrency and scheduling.
Fast: R2DBC streams results, which can improve performance.
Efficient: R2DBC uses deferred execution and flow control to ensure its operations are performed efficiently.
Simple: R2DBC is designed to make common usage patterns simple to implement for developers.
Framework-Specific Documentation
For details on how to use MariaDB Connector/R2DBC, choose a supported framework:
Parameter
Description
The native implementation of R2DBC can be used to connect using MariaDB Connector/R2DBC from within your Java application.
Spring Data implementation of R2DBC allows you to connect using MariaDB Connector/R2DBC using the Spring Framework.
Reactive
Yes
Yes
Scalable
Yes
Yes
Fast
Yes
Yes
Efficient
Yes
Yes
Executes SQL
Yes
Yes
Integrates with Spring Framework
No
Yes
Spring Data: DatabaseClient
No
Yes
Spring Data: Repositories
No
Yes
Spring Data: Object Mapping
No
Yes
Spring Data: Transaction Management
No
Yes
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