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Building RESTful Web Services with Java EE 8

You're reading from   Building RESTful Web Services with Java EE 8 Create modern RESTful web services with the Java EE 8 API

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789532883
Length 116 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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What are SSEs?

In this section, we're going to take a look at SSEs, and take a look at some of its usage scenarios. We'll then be implementing and sending a simple SSE on the server side using JAX-RS. Next up, we'll implement SSE on the client-side using JAX-RS and HTML. Finally, we will have a look at sending and receiving server-sent broadcast events to implement something like a simple HTML chat client.

We're going to take a look at SSEs, what they are, and some usage scenarios. We will also have a look at some differences to other related technologies like WebSockets, Polling, and Long Polling.

So, what are SSEs, exactly? They are a very simple HTTP-based API, dedicated to Push communication, and currently SSEs are implemented in most recent browsers like Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera. Unfortunately, SSEs are currently not implemented in Internet...

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