The document discusses WebSocket technology in enterprise applications, outlining its evolution, use cases, and comparison with REST and HTTP/2. It emphasizes the benefits of WebSocket for bidirectional communication, real-time applications, and scenarios requiring instant data exchange. The document also touches upon challenges and clustering considerations when implementing WebSocket in Java EE environments.

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Program
Agenda
EvoluFon
–
REST,
Polling,
SSE,
WebSocket
Does
HTTP/2
make
WebSocket
obsolete?
When
to
use
WebSocket?
Java
EE
–
WebSocket
API
Advanced
architectures/usecases
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EvoluFon
–
REST
• Basic
soaware
architecture
/
scheme
• Exposes
Resources
(URIs),
which
handle
METHODs
– GET/PUT/POST/DELETE/HEAD/OPTIONS/TRACE/PATCH/…
• MediaType
(Accept/Content-­‐Type)
– text/plain,
text/html,
applicaFon/json,
…
• Caching
(GET,
HEAD),
Hyperlinking,
…
Representa7onal
State
Transfer
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EvoluFon
–
REST
Representa7onal
State
Transfer
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Client
Server
GET
/hello
HTTP/1.1
Header:
value
…
HTTP/1.1
200
OK
Header:
value
…
<enFty>

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EvoluFon
–
Polling
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Client
Server
GET
/hello
HTTP/1.1
Header:
value
…
HTTP/1.1
200
OK
Header:
value
…
<enFty>

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EvoluFon
–
Long-­‐Polling
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Client
Server
GET
/hello
HTTP/1.1
Header:
value
…
HTTP/1.1
200
OK
Header:
value
…
<enFty
-­‐
CHUNK>
<enFty
-­‐
CHUNK>

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EvoluFon
–
SSE
• Channel
for
sending
events
from
server
to
the
client
• One-­‐way,
text
protocol
• Very
similar
to
long
polling
– (actually,
it’s
exactly
same,
but
this
Fme
it
has
own
RFC)
• Accept:
text/event-­‐stream
• Semi-­‐permanent
connecFon
– Clients
are
required
to
reconnect
when
the
connecFon
is
lost
• Limited
browser
support
(no
IE,
no
Android)
Server
Sent
Events
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EvoluFon
–
WebSocket
• RFC
6455
(December
2011)
• Bi-­‐direcFonal
communicaFon
• Uses
HTTP/1.1
for
iniFal
handshake
– Completely
different
protocol
aaerwards
• “Server”
and
“client”
endpoints
are
equal
aaer
handshake
• Text
or
binary
payload
• Supported
in
all
modern
browsers
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EvoluFon
–
WebSocket
WebSocket
Frame
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WebSocket
vs
REST
• Might
seem
to
be
similar
and
some
people
even
think
about
WebSocket
as
about
another
“RevoluFon”
–
like
SOAP
-­‐-­‐>
REST
• In
reality,
these
are
two
different
concepts
which
COMPLEMENT
each
other.
• REST
can
be
sFll
used
for
most
of
the
implementaFon
part
–
web,
forms,
…
• WebSocket
provides
bi-­‐direcFonal
channel,
suitable
for
exchanging
“short”
messages
with
the
browser.
– (the
scope
is
not
limited,
you
can
re-­‐implement
all
your
communicaFon
with
server,
but
there
is
no
point
in
doing
that..)
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WebSocket
vs
HTTP/2
• Same
semanFcs
as
HTTP/1.1
• Binary
protocol
• MulFplexed
protocol
– Single
TCP
connecFon
to
single
origin,
shared
for
consequent/parallel
requests
• Compressed
headers
– HTTP/2
introduces
HPACK
(compression
algorithm)
• Server
Push
– Server
can
push
(cacheable)
content
to
the
client
before
client
asks
HTTP/2
Key
Features
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WebSocket
vs
HTTP/2
• Pushed
resources
are
cached
on
client
side
• When
client
decides
it
needs
something
(image,
..),
it
looks
into
the
cache
– Doesn’t
need
to
be
image,
but
all
cool
demos
are
using
that
(remember
SPDY)
• Server
push
has
its
own
issues
– What
if
client
does
not
need
pushed
resource?
(there
might
be
other
caches,
…)
• Push
is
not
“interacFve”
message
exchange
WebSocket
vs
Server
push
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WebSocket
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HTTP/2
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• Currently,
WebSocket
is
not
defined
in
HTTP/2
world
• WebSocket
uses
UPGRADE
header,
which
gives
complete
control
over
TCP
connecFon
• HTTP/2
Streams
could
support
WS
mulFplex

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When
to
use
WebSocket
• Bi-­‐direcFonal
communicaFon
– “messaging”
• InteracFve
applicaFons
– Any
Fme,
you
need
fast
data
exchange
with
the
backend
• Time-­‐criFcal
data
delivery
– Stock
quotes
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WebSocket
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• Chat-­‐like
applicaFons
– Various
implementaFons
opFons
– XMPP
(Jabber)
over
WebSocket
• Trading
and
transacFons
– Fast
feedback/execuFon
• Real-­‐Fme
monitoring
– Depends
on
the
data
source
– InteracFon
with
monitored
object
– (SSE?)
• Remote
control
– Input
with
“real-­‐Fme”
feedback
– From
industry
applicaFon
to
fun
apps
• Games
– HTML5
“naFve”
transport
– Supported
by
improvements
in
browsers
2D/3D
canvas
support
• General
collaboraFon
– Customer
service,
Social
apps,
…

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WebSocket
usecases
• RFC
7118
–
SIP
over
WebSocket
• RFC
7355
–
SIP
&
CLF
(Common
Log
Format)
over
WebSocket
• RFC
7395
–
XMPP
over
WebSocket
• Draas
– MSRP
(Message
Session
Relay
Protocol)
over
WebSocket
– SDP
(Session
DescripFon
Protocol)
over
WebSocket
– Remote
Framebuffer
Protocol
over
WebSocket
– <anything>
over
WebSocket
Subprotocols
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Java
API
for
WebSocket
• JSR
356
–
Part
of
Java
EE
7
– 1.0
(May
2013)
– 1.1
(August
2014)
• Annotated
and
programmaFc
way
how
to
deploy
and
access
WebSocket
endpoints
• Event-­‐driven
model
-­‐
@OnOpen,
@OnMessage,
@OnError,
@OnClose
• Encoders/Decoders,
Path/Query
parameter
handling,
Handshake
headers
interceptors,
CDI
integraFon,
…

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Java
API
for
WebSocket
–
Annotated
Endpoint

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Java
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WebSocket
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ProgrammaFc
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WebSocket
vs
Java
8,
9
/
JDK
1.8,
1.9
• Some
classes
in
the
WebSocket
API
could
be
replaced
/
disassembled
to
separate
Java
8
Consumer<T>s
– MessageHandlers
already
can
be
wriQen
as
lambda
funcFons
• Default
Methods,
CompleFonStage<T>,
Method
Parameter
ReflecFon,
Streams,
…
• JDK
9
–
JEP
110:
HTTP/2
Client:
hQp://openjdk.java.net/jeps/110
– Define
a
new
HTTP
client
API
that
implements
HTTP/2
and
WebSocket,
…
Lambdas,
WebSocket
client
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WebSocket
and
Clustering
• Different
to
“classic”
cluster
– We’d
like
to
talk
to
other
sessions
(clients)
directly
• Clustered
environment
present
different
challenges
– “Finding
a
WebSocket
Session”
might
not
be
as
trivial
as
it
seem
• Broadcast
(mass-­‐noFficaFon)
is
common
usecase
• Clustering
can
help
– BroadcasFng
to
“all
sessions”
can
be
faster
in
clustered
environment
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JMS,
JCache,
Coherence,
…
Load
Balancer

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JMS,
JCache,
Coherence,
…
Load
Balancer

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JMS,
JCache,
Coherence,
…
Load
Balancer

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JMS,
JCache,
Coherence,
…
Load
Balancer

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WebSocket
and
Clustering
• Different
requirements
• Load
balancers
might
need
to
manage
more
open
connecFons
• Cannot
re-­‐balance
when
session
is
already
created
– Node
is
added
–
ok,
but
I
cannot
easily
decrease
load
on
other
nodes,
I
can
use
the
new
node
only
for
new
connecFons
• Node
going
down
is
not
transparent
to
client
– Robust
clients
can
hide
this,
but
for
now,
this
requires
custom
soluFon
– WLS
12.2.1
offers
a
soluFon
for
this..
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JMS,
JCache,
Coherence,
…
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Balancer

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JMS,
JCache,
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WebSocket
and
Clustering
• Might
require
more
applicaFon
code
– Proper
handling
on
client
side
– Even
more
code
when
you
want
to
have
something
like
auto
reconnect
+
“session
recovery”
• Infrastructure
requirements
– Similar
to
SSL
(persistent
connecFon,
…)
• Much
more
effecFve
when
compared
to
the
same
app
implemented
using
long-­‐polling
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Contacts/QA
• Pavel
Bucek
(pavel.bucek@oracle.com)
• RFC
6455:
The
WebSocket
Protocol
hQps://tools.iez.org/html/rfc6455
• JSR
356:
WebSocket
API
for
Java
hQps://java.net/projects/websocket-­‐spec/
• Tyrus
/
WebSocket
RI
:
hQp://tyrus.java.net
– users@tyrus.java.net
Feel
free
to
ask
any
quesFons
now
or
contact
me
later.
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