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## Jetty WebSocket Client API

Jetty also provides a Jetty WebSocket Client Library to write make talking to WebSocket servers easier.

To use the Jetty WebSocket Client on your own Java project you will need the following maven artifacts.

    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.websocket</groupId>
      <artifactId>websocket-client</artifactId>
      <version>${project.version}</version>
    </dependency>

### The WebSocketClient

To use the WebSocketClient you will need to hook up a WebSocket object instance to a specific destination WebSocket URI.

    //
    //  ========================================================================
    //  Copyright (c) 1995-2017 Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd.
    //  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
    //  are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
    //  and Apache License v2.0 which accompanies this distribution.
    //
    //      The Eclipse Public License is available at
    //      http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
    //
    //      The Apache License v2.0 is available at
    //      http://www.opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php
    //
    //  You may elect to redistribute this code under either of these licenses.
    //  ========================================================================
    //

    package examples;

    import java.net.URI;
    import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

    import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.client.ClientUpgradeRequest;
    import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.client.WebSocketClient;

    /**
     * Example of a simple Echo Client.
     */
    public class SimpleEchoClient
    {
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
            String destUri = "ws://echo.websocket.org";
            if (args.length > 0)
            {
                destUri = args[0];
            }

            WebSocketClient client = new WebSocketClient();
            SimpleEchoSocket socket = new SimpleEchoSocket();
            try
            {
                client.start();

                URI echoUri = new URI(destUri);
                ClientUpgradeRequest request = new ClientUpgradeRequest();
                client.connect(socket,echoUri,request);
                System.out.printf("Connecting to : %s%n",echoUri);

                // wait for closed socket connection.
                socket.awaitClose(5,TimeUnit.SECONDS);
            }
            catch (Throwable t)
            {
                t.printStackTrace();
            }
            finally
            {
                try
                {
                    client.stop();
                }
                catch (Exception e)
                {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        }
    }

The above example connects to a remote WebSocket server and hands off a SimpleEchoSocket to perform the logic on the websocket once connected, waiting for the socket to register that it has closed.

    //
    //  ========================================================================
    //  Copyright (c) 1995-2017 Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd.
    //  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
    //  are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
    //  and Apache License v2.0 which accompanies this distribution.
    //
    //      The Eclipse Public License is available at
    //      http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
    //
    //      The Apache License v2.0 is available at
    //      http://www.opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php
    //
    //  You may elect to redistribute this code under either of these licenses.
    //  ========================================================================
    //

    package examples;

    import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
    import java.util.concurrent.Future;
    import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

    import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.api.Session;
    import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.api.StatusCode;
    import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.api.annotations.OnWebSocketClose;
    import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.api.annotations.OnWebSocketConnect;
    import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.api.annotations.OnWebSocketMessage;
    import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.api.annotations.WebSocket;

    /**
     * Basic Echo Client Socket
     */
    @WebSocket(maxTextMessageSize = 64 * 1024)
    public class SimpleEchoSocket
    {
        private final CountDownLatch closeLatch;
        @SuppressWarnings("unused")
        private Session session;

        public SimpleEchoSocket()
        {
            this.closeLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
        }

        public boolean awaitClose(int duration, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException
        {
            return this.closeLatch.await(duration,unit);
        }

        @OnWebSocketClose
        public void onClose(int statusCode, String reason)
        {
            System.out.printf("Connection closed: %d - %s%n",statusCode,reason);
            this.session = null;
            this.closeLatch.countDown(); // trigger latch
        }

        @OnWebSocketConnect
        public void onConnect(Session session)
        {
            System.out.printf("Got connect: %s%n",session);
            this.session = session;
            try
            {
                Future<Void> fut;
                fut = session.getRemote().sendStringByFuture("Hello");
                fut.get(2,TimeUnit.SECONDS); // wait for send to complete.

                fut = session.getRemote().sendStringByFuture("Thanks for the conversation.");
                fut.get(2,TimeUnit.SECONDS); // wait for send to complete.

                session.close(StatusCode.NORMAL,"I'm done");
            }
            catch (Throwable t)
            {
                t.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

        @OnWebSocketMessage
        public void onMessage(String msg)
        {
            System.out.printf("Got msg: %s%n",msg);
        }
    }

When the SimpleEchoSocket connects, it sends 2 Text messages and then closes the socket.

The onMessage(String msg) receives the responses from the remote server WebSocket and outputs them to the console.

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