A Developer Guide To WebSocket Development On The Jakarta EE Platform

WebSocket is a HTTP communication protocol that allows real-time full duplex interaction between a set of clients and a given server.

This guide looks at how to develop WebSocket applications on the Jakarta EE Platform using the WebSocket Specification.

It covers:

• Creating WebSocket endpoints
• Messages supported out of the box
• Custom message types using encoders and decoders
• Configuring your WebSocket application
• WebSocket client API

By the end of this guide, you will be able to create a WebSocket application on the Jakarta EE Platform using the WebSockets API.