# Engine.IO-client.java
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This is the Engine.IO Client Library for Java, which is simply ported from the [JavaScript client](https://github.com/LearnBoost/engine.io-client).
See also: [Socket.IO-client.java](https://github.com/nkzawa/socket.io-client.java)
## Installation
The latest artifact is available on Maven Central. To install manually, please refer dependencies to [pom.xml](https://github.com/nkzawa/engine.io-client.java/blob/master/pom.xml).
### Maven
Add the following dependency to your `pom.xml`.
```xml
com.github.nkzawa
engine.io-client
0.5.1
```
### Gradle
Add it as a gradle dependency for Android Studio, in `build.gradle`:
```groovy
compile 'com.github.nkzawa:engine.io-client:0.5.1'
```
## Usage
Engine.IO-client.java has the similar api with the JS client. You can use `Socket` to connect:
```java
socket = new Socket("ws://localhost");
socket.on(Socket.EVENT_OPEN, new Emitter.Listener() {
@Override
public void call(Object... args) {
socket.send("hi");
socket.close();
}
});
socket.open();
```
You can listen events as follows:
```java
socket.on(Socket.EVENT_MESSAGE, new Emitter.Listener() {
@Override
public void call(Object... args) {
String data = (String)args[0];
}
}).on(Socket.EVENT_ERROR, new Emitter.Listener() {
@Override
public void call(Object... args) {
Exception err = (Exception)args[0];
}
});
```
How to set options:
```java
opts = new Socket.Options();
opts.transports = new String[] {WebSocket.NAME};
socket = new Socket(opts);
```
Sending and receiving binary data:
```java
socket = new Socket();
socket.on(Socket.EVENT_OPEN, new Emitter.Listener() {
@Override
public void call(Object... args) {
// send binary data
byte[] data = new byte[42];
socket.send(data);
}
}).on(Socket.EVENT_MESSAGE, new Emitter.Listener() {
@Override
public void call(Object... args) {
// receive binary data
byte[] data = (byte[])args[0];
}
});
```
Use custom SSL settings:
```java
// default SSLContext for all sockets
Socket.setDefaultSSLContext(mySSLContext);
// set as an option
opts = new Socket.Options();
opts.sslContext = mySSLContext;
socket = new Socket(opts);
```
## Features
This library supports all of the features the JS client does, including events, options and upgrading transport. Android is fully supported.
### Extra features only for Java client
Some features are added for simulating browser behavior like handling cookies.
```java
socket.on(Socket.EVENT_TRANSPORT, new Emitter.listener() {
@Override
public void call(Object... args) {
// Called on a new transport created.
Transport transport = (Transport)args[0];
transport.on(Transport.EVENT_REQUEST_HEADERS, new Emitter.Listener() {
@Override
public void call(Object... args) {
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
Map> headers = (Map>)args[0];
// send cookie value to server.
headers.put("Cookie", Arrays.asList("foo=1;"));
}
}).on(Transport.EVENT_RESPONSE_HEADERS, new Emitter.Listener() {
@Override
public void call(Object... args) {
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
Map> headers = (Map>)args[0];
// receive cookie value from server.
String cookie = headers.get("Set-Cookie").get(0);
}
});
}
});
```
See the Javadoc for more details.
http://nkzawa.github.io/engine.io-client.java/apidocs/
## License
MIT