Document timeout configuration for Reactor HttpClient

Issue: SPR-17241

Author: rstoyanchev

src/docs/asciidoc/web/webflux-webclient.adoc

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 [[webflux-client]]
 = WebClient
 
-Spring WebFlux includes a reactive, non-blocking `WebClient` for performing HTTP requests
-using a functional-style API that exposes Reactor `Flux` and `Mono` types, see
-<<web-reactive.adoc#webflux-reactive-libraries>>. The client relies on the same
-<<web-reactive.adoc#webflux-codecs,codecs>> that WebFlux server applications use to work
-with request and response content.
+Spring WebFlux includes a reactive, non-blocking `WebClient` for HTTP requests. The client
+has a functional, fluent API with reactive types for declarative composition, see
+<<web-reactive.adoc#webflux-reactive-libraries>>. WebFlux client and server rely on the
+same non-blocking <<web-reactive.adoc#webflux-codecs,codecs>> to encode and decode request
+and response content.
 
 Internally `WebClient` delegates to an HTTP client library. By default, it uses
 https://github.com/reactor/reactor-netty[Reactor Netty], there is built-in support for
@@ -22,15 +22,14 @@ The simplest way to create a `WebClient` is through one of the static factory me
 * `WebClient.create()`
 * `WebClient.create(String baseUrl)`
 
-The preceding methods use Reactor Netty `HttpClient` from `io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty`
-with default settings and participates in global resources for event loop threads and
-a connection pool. See <<webflux-client-builder-reactor, Reactor Netty configuration>>.
+The above methods use the Reactor Netty `HttpClient` with default settings and expect
+`io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty` to be on the classpath.
 
-You can use the `WebClient.Builder` for access to further options:
+You can also use `WebClient.builder()` with further options:
 
 * `uriBuilderFactory`: Customized `UriBuilderFactory` to use as a base URL.
 * `defaultHeader`: Headers for every request.
-* `defaultCookie)`: Cookies for every request.
+* `defaultCookie`: Cookies for every request.
 * `defaultRequest`: `Consumer` to customize every request.
 * `filter`: Client filter for every request.
 * `exchangeStrategies`: HTTP message reader/writer customizations.
@@ -78,19 +77,24 @@ modified copy without affecting the original instance, as the following example
 [[webflux-client-builder-reactor]]
 === Reactor Netty
 
-You can customize Reactor Netty settings:
+To customize Reactor Netty settings, simple provide a pre-configured `HttpClient`:
 
 ====
 [source,java,intent=0]
 [subs="verbatim,quotes"]
 ----
 	HttpClient httpClient = HttpClient.create().secure(sslSpec -> ...);
-	ClientHttpConnector connector = new ReactorClientHttpConnector(httpClient);
 
-	WebClient webClient = WebClient.builder().clientConnector(connector).build();
+	WebClient webClient = WebClient.builder()
+			.clientConnector(new ReactorClientHttpConnector(httpClient))
+			.build();
 ----
 ====
 
+
+[[webflux-client-builder-reactor-resources]]
+==== Resources
+
 By default, `HttpClient` participates in the global Reactor Netty resources held in
 `reactor.netty.http.HttpResources`, including event loop threads and a connection pool.
 This is the recommended mode, since fixed, shared resources are preferred for event loop
@@ -148,6 +152,41 @@ instances use shared resources, as the following example shows:
 ====
 
 
+[[webflux-client-builder-reactor-timeout]]
+==== Timeouts
+
+To configure a connection timeout:
+
+====
+[source,java,intent=0]
+[subs="verbatim,quotes"]
+----
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelOption;
+
+HttpClient httpClient = HttpClient.create()
+		.tcpConfiguration(client ->
+				client.option(ChannelOption.CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS, 10000));
+----
+====
+
+To configure a read and/or write timeout values:
+
+====
+[source,java,intent=0]
+[subs="verbatim,quotes"]
+----
+import io.netty.handler.timeout.ReadTimeoutHandler;
+import io.netty.handler.timeout.WriteTimeoutHandler;
+
+HttpClient httpClient = HttpClient.create()
+		.tcpConfiguration(client ->
+				client.doOnConnected(conn -> conn
+						.addHandlerLast(new ReadTimeoutHandler(10))
+						.addHandlerLast(new WriteTimeoutHandler(10))));
+----
+====
+
+
 
 [[webflux-client-builder-jetty]]
 === Jetty
@@ -204,7 +243,7 @@ Spring-managed bean of type `JettyResourceFactory`, as the following example sho
 
 
 [[webflux-client-retrieve]]
-== Using the `retrieve` Method
+== Using `retrieve()`
 
 The `retrieve()` method is the easiest way to get a response body and decode it.
 The following example shows how to do so:
@@ -257,7 +296,7 @@ as the following example shows:
 
 
 [[webflux-client-exchange]]
-== Using the `exchange` Method
+== Using `exchange()`
 
 The `exchange()` method provides more control than the `retrieve` method. The following example is equivalent
 to `retrieve()` but also provides access to the `ClientResponse`: