Java API for WebSocket

19 Java API for WebSocket

This chapter describes the Java API for WebSocket (JSR 356), which provides support for creating WebSocket applications. WebSocket is an application protocol that provides full-duplex communications between two peers over the TCP protocol.

The following topics are addressed here:

Introduction to WebSocket
Creating WebSocket Applications in the Java EE Platform
Programmatic Endpoints
Annotated Endpoints
Sending and Receiving Messages
Maintaining Client State
Using Encoders and Decoders
Path Parameters
Handling Errors
Specifying an Endpoint Configurator Class
The dukeetf2 Example Application
The websocketbot Example Application
Further Information about WebSocket