Language Server Protocol and Implementation: Supporting Language-Smart Editing and Programming Tools

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N. Gunasinghe, N. MarcusLanguage Server Protocol and Implementationhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7792-8_4

4. General Messages

Nadeeshaan Gunasinghe¹   and Nipuna Marcus²

(1)

Walahanduwa, Sri Lanka

(2)

Mawathagama, Sri Lanka

 

In this chapter, we are going to have a look at general messages and window operations in the Language Server Protocol. We will be looking at how the Language Server implementation is going to utilize these capabilities at the protocol handshake and also use window operations to improve the developer experience.

General Messages

Initialize

An initialize request is the first request sent from the client to the server, and the client-server ...