WebSocket Support

WebSocket is a protocol that provides full-duplex communication channels over a single TCP connection, and can be used by any client or server application.

WSO2 ESB provides WebSocket support via WSO2 ESB WebSocket Transport, WSO2 ESB WebSocket Inbound Protocol and WSO2 ESB Secure WebSocket Inbound Protocol.

This section describes the following common use cases that can be implemented with WSO2 ESB's WebSocket support:

• Sending a Message from a WebSocket Client to a WebSocket Endpoint
• Sending a Message from a WebSocket Client to an HTTP Endpoint
• Sending a Message from a HTTP Client to a WebSocket Endpoint
• WebSocket to WebSocket Integration using Subprotocols