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RESTful Java Web Services, Second Edition
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RESTful Java Web Services, Second Edition

by Jobinesh Purushothaman
September 2015
Intermediate to advanced
354 pages
8h 27m
English
Packt Publishing
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Supporting Server Sent Event in RESTful web services

Server Sent Event (SSE) is a mechanism where a client (browser) receives automatic updates from a server via a long-living HTTP connection that was established when the client contacted the server for the first time. The SSE client subscribes to a stream of updates generated by a server, and whenever a new event occurs, a notification is sent to the client via the existing HTTP connection. The connection is then left open until the server has some data to send. In this section, we will discuss how the SSE technology can be used in a REST API to send continuous updates to the client.

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Server Sent Events use a single, unidirectional, persistent connection between the client and the server. This ...

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