Blocking execution for WebFlux controller methods #30678
Description
This was raised and discussed under #21184, but closed with #21184 (comment) potentially to revisit for Loom.
We can enhance WebFuxConfigurer with options for blocking execution, e.g. to configure an AsyncTaskExecutor such as the new VirtualThreadTaskExecutor. The executor would be used to invoke synchronous controller methods, but we can also expose a Predicate for more fine-grained control over that decision.
An AsyncTaskExecutor if configured can also be used in places where we currently default Schedulers#boundedElastic such as DefaultPartHttpMessageReader and InMemoryWebSession to absorb blocking.
WebMvcConfigurer has analogous options, but in support of Servlet 3.1 asynchronous requests.