What is jWebSocket ?

jWebSocket is a pure Java/JavaScript high speed bidirectional communication solution for the Web

The jWebSocket project has been initiated to create innovative HTML5 based streaming and communication applications on the web. HTML 5 WebSockets will replace the existing XHR approaches as well as Comet services by a new flexible and ultra high speed bidirectional TCP socket communication technology. jWebSocket is an open source Java and JavaScript implementation of the HTML 5 WebSocket protocol with a huge set of extensions. The jWebSocket package contains:

• jWebSocket server
  
  a pure Java based WebSocket server for server-to-client (S2C) streaming solutions and server controlled (C2C) client-to-client-communication.
• jWebSocket client
  
  a pure JavaScript based WebSocket client with JSON support and an optional user, session and timeout-management. No plug-ins required.

Why should I use it ?

jWebSocket speeds up your web application and provides innovative new communication features

With jWebSockets you can easily create market tickers, news feeds, chat applications, social networks or online collaboration suites. jWebSocket provides a wide range of functionality from a basic token exchange up to powerful data and GUI synchronization, remote procedure calls und much more! With jWebSocket you can quickly set up a stand-alone solution with a minimum of installation and configuration or you can easily integrate it into your existing applications.

• bidirectional
  
  TCP communication on a single socket for more concurrent client/server connections, supported by HTML 5 compliant browsers.
• much quicker
  
  compared to Comet and the various XHR approaches, all polling and stay-open mechanisms become obsolete.
• more responsive
  
  due to less latency, less brand-width requirements and less overhead due to light-weight TCP socket communication instead of HTTP.
• standardized
  
  technology specified by W3C and IETF , easy interplay with proxies and firewalls.

Where can I get more information and how can I test it ?

• feature list
  
  here you can read more about the features of the jWebSocket package.
• chat demo
  
  here you can test the jWebSocket functions with a online chat demo.
• download
  
  here you can download the jWebSocket package, try and use it for free!