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package io.muserver;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
/**
* An interface for sending Server-Sent Events (SSE) to a client.
* The following example creates a publisher and publishes 10 messages to it from another thread:
*
* server = httpsServer()
* .addHandler(Method.GET, "/streamer", (request, response, pathParams) -> {
* SsePublisher ssePublisher = SsePublisher.start(request, response);
* new Thread(() -> {
* try {
* for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
* ssePublisher.send("This is message " + i);
* Thread.sleep(1000);
* }
* } catch (Exception e) {
* // the user has probably disconnected; stop publishing
* } finally {
* ssePublisher.close();
* }
* }).start();
*
* })
* .start();
*
*/
public interface SsePublisher {
/**
* Sends a message (without an ID or event type)
* @param message The message to send
* @throws IOException Thrown if there is an error writing to the client, for example if the user has closed their browser.
*/
void send(String message) throws IOException;
/**
* Sends a message with an event type (without an ID).
* Clients can use the event type to listen to different types of events, for example if the event type is pricechange
* the the following JavaScript can be used:
*
* var source = new EventSource('/streamer');
* source.addEventListener('pricechange', e => console.log(e.data));
*
*
* @param message The message to send
* @param event An event name. If null is specified, clients default to a message type of message
* @throws IOException Thrown if there is an error writing to the client, for example if the user has closed their browser.
*/
void send(String message, String event) throws IOException;
/**
* Sends a message with an event type and ID.
* Clients can use the event type to listen to different types of events, for example if the event type is pricechange
* the the following JavaScript can be used:
*
* var source = new EventSource('/streamer');
* source.addEventListener('pricechange', e => console.log(e.data));
*
*
* @param message The message to send
* @param event An event name. If null is specified, clients default to a message type of message
* @param eventID An identifier for the message. If set, and the browser reconnects, then the last event ID will be
* sent by the browser in the Last-Event-ID request header.
* @throws IOException Thrown if there is an error writing to the client, for example if the user has closed their browser.
*/
void send(String message, String event, String eventID) throws IOException;
/**
* Stops the event stream.
* Warning: most clients will reconnect several seconds after this message is called. To prevent that
* happening, close the stream from the client or on the next request return a 204 No Content to the client.
*/
void close();
/**
* Sends a comment to the client. Clients will ignore this, however it can be used as a way to keep the connection alive.
* @param comment A single-line string to send as a comment.
* @throws IOException Thrown if there is an error writing to the client, for example if the user has closed their browser.
*/
void sendComment(String comment) throws IOException;
/**
* Sends a message to the client instructing it to reconnect after the given time period in case of any disconnection
* (including calling {@link #close()} from the server). A common default (controlled by the client) is several seconds.
* Note: clients could ignore this value.
* @param timeToWait The time the client should wait before attempting to reconnect in case of any disconnection.
* @param unit The unit of time.
*/
void setClientReconnectTime(long timeToWait, TimeUnit unit);
/**
* Creates a new Server-Sent Events publisher. This is designed by be called from within a MuHandler.
* This will set the content type of the response to text/event-stream and disable caching.
* The request will also switch to async mode, which means you can use the returned publisher in another thread.
* IMPORTANT: The {@link #close()} method must be called when publishing is complete.
* @param request The current MuRequest
* @param response The current MuResponse
* @return Returns a publisher that can be used to send messages to the client.
*/
static SsePublisher start(MuRequest request, MuResponse response) {
response.contentType(ContentTypes.TEXT_EVENT_STREAM);
response.headers().set(HeaderNames.CACHE_CONTROL, "no-cache, no-transform");
return new SsePublisherImpl(request.handleAsync(), response);
}
}
class SsePublisherImpl implements SsePublisher {
private final AsyncHandle asyncHandle;
private final MuResponse response;
SsePublisherImpl(AsyncHandle asyncHandle, MuResponse response) {
this.asyncHandle = asyncHandle;
this.response = response;
}
@Override
public void send(String message) {
send(message, null, null);
}
@Override
public void send(String message, String event) {
send(message, event, null);
}
@Override
public void send(String message, String event, String eventID) {
StringBuilder raw = new StringBuilder();
if (eventID != null) {
ensureNoLineBreaks(eventID, "SSE IDs");
raw.append("id: ").append(eventID).append('\n');
}
if (event != null) {
ensureNoLineBreaks(event, "SSE event names");
raw.append("event: ").append(event).append('\n');
}
String[] lines = message.split("(\r\n)|[\r\n]");
for (String line : lines) {
raw.append("data: ").append(line).append('\n');
}
raw.append("\n");
sendChunk(raw.toString());
}
private void sendChunk(String text) {
try {
response.sendChunk(text);
} catch (Throwable e) {
close();
throw e;
}
}
@Override
public void close() {
asyncHandle.complete();
}
private static void ensureNoLineBreaks(String value, String thing) {
if (value.contains("\n") || value.contains("\r")) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(thing + " cannot have new line characters in them");
}
}
@Override
public void sendComment(String comment) {
ensureNoLineBreaks(comment, "SSE Comments");
sendChunk(":" + comment + "\n\n");
}
@Override
public void setClientReconnectTime(long timeToWait, TimeUnit unit) {
sendChunk("retry: " + unit.toMillis(timeToWait) + '\n');
}
}