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  &lt;groupId&gt;org.eclipse.jetty.websocket&lt;/groupId&gt;
  &lt;artifactId&gt;websocket-client&lt;/artifactId&gt;
  &lt;version&gt;${project.version}&lt;/version&gt;
&lt;/dependency&gt;</code></pre><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="_the_websocketclient"></a>The WebSocketClient</h3></div></div></div><p>To use the WebSocketClient you will need to hook up a WebSocket object instance to a specific destination WebSocket URI.</p><pre xmlns:jfetch="java:org.eclipse.jetty.xslt.tools.JavaSourceFetchExtension" xmlns:fetch="java:org.eclipse.jetty.xslt.tools.SourceFetchExtension" xmlns:d="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:l="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/xmlns/l10n/1.0" xmlns:xslthl="http://xslthl.sf.net" xmlns:gcse="http://www.google.com" xmlns:date="http://exslt.org/dates-and-times"><code>//
//  ========================================================================
//  Copyright (c) 1995-2018 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 &gt; 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();
            }
        }
    }
}</code></pre><p>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.</p><pre xmlns:jfetch="java:org.eclipse.jetty.xslt.tools.JavaSourceFetchExtension" xmlns:fetch="java:org.eclipse.jetty.xslt.tools.SourceFetchExtension" xmlns:d="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:l="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/xmlns/l10n/1.0" xmlns:xslthl="http://xslthl.sf.net" xmlns:gcse="http://www.google.com" xmlns:date="http://exslt.org/dates-and-times"><code>//
//  ========================================================================
//  Copyright (c) 1995-2018 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&lt;Void&gt; 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);
    }
}</code></pre><p>When the SimpleEchoSocket connects, it sends 2 Text messages and then closes the socket.</p><p>The onMessage(String msg) receives the responses from the remote server WebSocket and outputs them to the console.</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript">
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