Spring 6.1 introduces RestClient, a blocking variant of WebClient.
I would like a modern JDBC client like R2DBC's DatabaseClient as well.
Like RestTemplate, JdbcTemplate also has many overloaded method, making it difficult to add new functionality. (For example, Optional support #30927) Like RestClient for RestTemplate, JdbcClient for JdbcTemplate with fluent api would make it easier to add modern features.