How to use the Spring WebClient with Jetty, instead of Netty?

Question

According to the documentation it is possible to use the Spring Reactive WebClient with a different server as Netty:

WebClient provides a higher level

Answer 1

Add dependency:

org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-reactive-httpclient:1.0.3

And then:

HttpClient httpClient = new HttpClient();
ClientHttpConnector connector = new JettyClientHttpConnector(httpClient);

WebClient webClient = WebClient.builder().clientConnector(connector).build();

Source: https://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/current/spring-framework-reference/web-reactive.html#webflux-client-builder-jetty