org.atmosphere.annotation
Annotation Type Broadcast

@Target(value=METHOD)
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
public @interface Broadcast

Broadcast to all suspended response the value of the method annotated with this annotation. The broadcast operation will block the calling thread of the annotated method, e.g API BroadcasterFuture.get() will be invoked by the underlying container (Jersey). To use non blocking broadcast operation, inject a Broadcaster or use a BroadcasterFactory to create Broadcaster.

Author:

Jeanfrancois Arcand

Optional Element Summary

int	delay Should the broadcast be delayed? A value of 0 means the broadcast be delayed until a normal broadcast operation happens.
boolean	resumeOnBroadcast Resume all suspended response on the first broadcast operation.
Class<? extends BroadcastFilter>[]	value Add BroadcastFilter to the broadcast operation.
boolean	writeEntity Write the returned entity back to the calling connection.

value

public abstract Class<? extends BroadcastFilter>[] value

Add BroadcastFilter to the broadcast operation.

Default:

{}

resumeOnBroadcast

public abstract boolean resumeOnBroadcast

Resume all suspended response on the first broadcast operation.

Default:

false

delay

public abstract int delay

Should the broadcast be delayed? A value of 0 means the broadcast be delayed until a normal broadcast operation happens. Any other value will be evaluated as seconds

Default:

-1

writeEntity

public abstract boolean writeEntity

Write the returned entity back to the calling connection. Default is false.

Returns:

true if the entity needs to be written back to the calling connection.

Default:

true