org.glassfish.sse.api

Annotation Type ServerSentEvent

@Target(value=TYPE)
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
public @interface ServerSentEvent

ServerSentEvent indicates a server component that pushes notifications to clients via a HTTP connection. Browser applications typically use EventSource API to connect to this source of server-sent events.

Server component class needs to have ServerSentEvent annotation and provides the implementation of ServerSentEventHandler. For example:

     @ServerSentEvent("/foo")
     public class FooHandler extends ServerSentEventHandler {
         ...
     }
 

Author:

Jitendra Kotamraju, Santiago.PericasGeertsen@oracle.com

Required Element Summary

Required Elements

Modifier and Type	Required Element and Description
String	value The URL pattern of the source of server-sent events

Element Detail

value

public abstract String value

The URL pattern of the source of server-sent events