MongoDB driver returns Publisher<Success> for operations that do not return a value and which would be represented with void in an imperative API.

Reactive API's are inherently event-oriented (onNext|onComplete|onError signals) and do not require emission of a placeholder data element to signal successful completion. A successful termination without emitting an element would be the idiomatic approach for a Reactive Streams API. Each composition library has its own strategy how to represent the absence of elements/completion:

• Project Reactor: Mono<Void>
• RxJava 2: Completable type (manifestation via type system)
• Akka Streams: CompletableFuture<Done> (using Java 8's type and Done to prevent null)

It would be great if a future version of the Reactive Streams driver would adapt to Publisher<Void>.

Reference:

• Project Reactor: Mono
• RxJava 2: Flowable.ignoreElements()
• Spring WebFlux JavaDoc
• Spring Data Reactive MongoDB API JavaDoc