CometD 2.4.0.beta1 has been released. This is a major release that brings in a few new Java API (see this issue) – client-side channels can now be released to save memory, along with an API deprecation (see this issue) –
Jetty WebSocket Client API updated
With the release of Jetty 7.5.0 and the latest draft 13 of the WebSocket protocol, the API for the client has be re-factored a little since my last blog on WebSocket: Server, Client and Load Test. WebSocketClientFactory When creating many
GWT and JNDI
Many folks want to use some features beyond the bare servlet basics with GWT, such as JNDI lookups. It’s not hard to set up, but there are a couple of steps to it so here’s a detailed guide. Since GWT
Sifting Logs in Jetty with Logback
Ever wanted to create log files at the server level that are named based on some sort of arbitrary context?It is possible to do with Slf4j + Logback + Jetty Webapp Logging in the mix. Example projects for this can
NoSql Sessions with Jetty7 and Jetty8
When Jetty 7.5.0 is released we will have officially started to dabble in the area of distributed session handling and storage. To start this out we have created a set of abstract classes around the general concept of NoSQL support,
Websocket Example: Server, Client and LoadTest
The websocket protocol specification is approaching final and the Jetty implementation and API have been tracking the draft and is ready when the spec and browsers are available. More over, Jetty release 7.5.0 now includes a capable websocket java
Prelim Cometd WebSocket Benchmarks
I have done some very rough preliminary benchmarks on the latest cometd-2.4.0-SNAPSHOT with the latest Jetty-7.5.0-SNAPSHOT and the results are rather impressive. The features that these two releases have added are: Optimised Jetty NIO with latest JVMs and JITs considered.
CometD JSON library pluggability
It all started when my colleague Joakim showed me the results of some JSON libraries benchmarks he was doing, which showed Jackson to be the clear winner among many libraries. So I decided that for the upcoming CometD 2.4.0 release
Jetty JMX Webservice
Jetty JMX Webservice is a webapp providing a RESTful API to query JMX mbeans and invoke mbean operations without the hassle that comes with RMI. No more arguments with your firewall admin, just a single http port. That alone might
Jetty Overlayed WebApp Deployer
The Jetty Overlay Deployer allows multiple WAR files to be overlayed so that a web application can be customised, configured and deployed without the need to unpack, modify and repack the WAR file. This has the benefits of: The WAR