WebSocket Samples in GlassFish 4 build 66 - javax.websocket.* package: TOTD #190

This blog has published a few blogs on using JSR 356 Reference Implementation (Tyrus) integrated in GlassFish 4 promoted builds.

• TOTD #183: Getting Started with WebSocket in GlassFish
• TOTD #184: Logging WebSocket Frames using Chrome Developer Tools, Net-internals and Wireshark
• TOTD #185: Processing Text and Binary (Blob, ArrayBuffer, ArrayBufferView) Payload in WebSocket
• TOTD #186: Custom Text and Binary Payloads using WebSocket
• TOTD #189: Collaborative Whiteboard using WebSocket in GlassFish 4
  

The earlier blogs created a WebSocket endpoint as:

import javax.net.websocket.annotations.WebSocketEndpoint;

@WebSocketEndpoint("websocket")
public class MyEndpoint {
 . . .

Based upon the discussion in JSR 356 EG, the package names have changed to javax.websocket.*. So the updated endpoint definition will look like:

import javax.websocket.WebSocketEndpoint;

@WebSocketEndpoint("websocket")
public class MyEndpoint {
 . . .

The POM dependency is:

<dependency>
<groupId>javax.websocket</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.websocket-api</artifactId>
<version>1.0-b09</version> 
</dependency>

And if you are using GlassFish 4 build 66, then you also need to provide a dummy EndpointFactory implementation as:

import javax.websocket.WebSocketEndpoint;

@WebSocketEndpoint(value="websocket", factory=MyEndpoint.DummyEndpointFactory.class)
public class MyEndpoint {
 . . .   

class DummyEndpointFactory implements EndpointFactory {
    @Override
 public Object createEndpoint() { return null; }
  }
}

This is only interim and will be cleaned up in subsequent builds. But I've seen couple of complaints about this already and so this deserves a short blog.

Have you been tracking the latest Java EE 7 implementations in GlassFish 4 promoted builds ?