Reactive Streams
Required plugin: Reactive Streams (bundled)
Configure: Settings | Languages & Frameworks | Reactive Streams
Reactive Streams is a specification for asynchronous stream processing with non-blocking back pressure. IntelliJ IDEA provides support for the following non-blocking reactive Java frameworks based on Reactive Streams:
The support for Reactive applications includes code completion, inspections, quick-fixes, and a dedicated debug mode.
note
Reactor works with Kotlin, Java 8 and later, and with Android SDK 26 (Android O) and later.
There are several options for adding Reactor support to your project: you can add the necessary dependencies to the build file of Maven or Gradle projects, or you can manually download the Reactor library. For Spring Boot applications, IntelliJ IDEA allows you to add the required dependencies when you create a new project.
For Maven projects, it's recommended that you import the Bill of Materials (BOM) together with the core, as it ensures that Reactor components work well together.
In the
pom.xml
file, add the following dependency to import the BOM:<dependencyManagement> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>io.projectreactor<groupId> <artifactId>reactor-bom<artifactId> <version>Dysprosium-SR1<version> <type>pom</type> <scope>import<scope> <dependency> <dependencies> <dependencyManagement>
Add the following dependency to import Reactor:
<dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>io.projectreactor<groupId> <artifactId>reactor-core<artifactId> <dependency> <dependencies>
For Gradle projects, it's recommended that you import the Bill of Materials (BOM) together with the core, as it ensures that Reactor components work well together.
In the
build.gradle
, add the following dependencies:dependencies { // import BOM implementation platform('io.projectreactor:reactor-bom:Dysprosium-SR1') // add dependencies without a version number implementation 'io.projectreactor:reactor-core' }
For Gradle projects, it's recommended that you import the Bill of Materials (BOM) together with the core, as it ensures that Reactor components work well together.
Previous Gradle versions don't support the BOM, however, you can use the Spring gradle-dependency-management plugin to import it to your project.
Obtain the plugin from Gradle Plugin Portal by adding the following code to
build.gradle
:plugins { id "io.spring.dependency-management" version "1.0.6.RELEASE" }
tip
Use the latest available version; we used the 1.0.6.RELEASE version as an example.
Import the BOM by adding the following code:
dependencyManagement { imports { mavenBom "io.projectreactor:reactor-bom:Dysprosium-SR1" } }
Add Reactor support:
dependencies { compile 'io.projectreactor:reactor-core' }
If you build your project with the native IDE builder, you can add Reactor support as a library.
From the main menu, select File | Project Structure CtrlAltShift0S or click
on the toolbar.
Select Libraries, click
, and then select From Maven.
In the dialog that opens, specify the library artifact
io.projectreactor:reactor-core:3.1.06.RELEASE
and click OK.tip
Use the latest available version; we used the 3.1.6.RELEASE version as an example.
Launch IntelliJ IDEA.
If the Welcome screen opens, click New Project.
Otherwise, from the main menu, select File | New | Project.
Select Spring Initializr from the left pane.
Click
to enter the URL of the service that you want to use, or leave the default one.
Specify a name and location for your project and configure project metadata: select a language, a build tool, and specify an artifact ID.
From the JDK list, select the JDK that you want to use in your project.
If the JDK is installed on your computer, but not defined in the IDE, select Add JDK and specify the path to the JDK home directory.
If you don't have the necessary JDK on your computer, select Download JDK.
Click Next.
On the next step of the wizard, from the Dependencies list, select Spring Reactive Web and click Create.
Reactor includes assembly-time instrumentation that is designed for debugging asynchronous code. When you enable the Reactor debug mode, you can get a more convenient view of the stack trace after the program has been suspended. You can examine the frames and understand why particular parameters were passed to a method in a Reactive application.
IntelliJ IDEA is aware of the Reactor debug mode and shows the traceback to the failed operation on the Frame tab of the Debug tool window. Moreover, IntelliJ IDEA can enable the debug mode without any changes in your code, making the necessary calls as you run the debugging session.

By default, the Reactor debug mode is enabled. This is convenient during development, testing, and debugging, but generally impacts the performance of the application.
Press CtrlAlt0S to open the IDE settings and select Languages & Frameworks | Reactive Streams.
Enable the Enable Reactor Debug mode option and select one of the debug initialization methods:
Hooks.onOperatorDebug(): This method captures the stack trace on every operator, which is slow and requires a lot of resources. Do not use this method in production. For more information, see Activating Debug Mode.
ReactorDebugAgent.init(): Use this Java agent to debug exceptions in your application without much runtime impact. For more information, see Production-ready Global Debugging.
Additionally select Notify if cannot call ReactorDebugAgent.init() if you want to show a notification when the agent is not available.
None: Select this option if you don't have global debugging enabled and use the
checkpoint()
operator in your code for a more fine-grained approach. For more information, see The checkpoint() Alternative.
Apply the changes and close the dialog.
tip
For more information on how to debug your application in IntelliJ IDEA, refer to Start the debugger session and Examine suspended program.
IntelliJ IDEA includes the Possibly blocking call in non-blocking context inspection that detects inappropriate thread-blocking method calls in code fragments where a thread should not be blocked. Reactor support also adds an option that enables IntelliJ IDEA to locally understand on which thread the operator will be executed by processing the subscribeOn()
and publishIn()
operators.

The option is enabled by default, and if you want to disable it, do the following:
Press CtrlAlt0S to open the IDE settings and select Languages & Frameworks | Reactive Streams.
Clear the Use advanced analysis to detect non-blocking scopes checkbox and click OK to apply the new settings.
The JetBrains annotations collection includes the @Blocking
and @NonBlocking
annotations that help IntelliJ IDEA detect blocking calls in non-blocking contexts, such as Kotlin coroutines or reactive code with Project Reactor or RxJava.
Add org.jetbrains:annotations
version 22.0.0 or later to your project's dependencies. IntelliJ IDEA also supports the corresponding annotations from Micronaut and SmallRye Mutiny.
IntelliJ IDEA provides postfix code completion for projects that use Reactor. Postfix completion can transform an already-typed expression to a different one based on what you have typed.
In projects with Reactor support, the IDE can wrap an expression with a suitable reactor.core.publisher.Flux
factory or a reactor.core.publisher.Mono
factory.

tip
For more information on postfix completion, refer to Postfix code completion.
The following video demonstrates how to create a working Reactive Spring Boot application in IntelliJ IDEA:
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