cometdchat

A Java library for integrating Cometd based chat functionality into a Java Web Application

Usage

This will add chat functionality to your existing java web application. You will be able to chat with any user who browses to your web site directly.

Setp 1. Clone/download this library and add it to your project.

Setp 2. Add the xml below to your web.xml

    <!-- Servlet to query chat members -->
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>ChatMembers</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>com.looseboxes.cometd.chat.web.ChatMembers</servlet-class>
    </servlet>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>ChatMembers</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/chatMembers</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
    <!-- Servlet to query cometd chat messages -->
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>messages</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>com.looseboxes.cometd.chat.servlets.Messages</servlet-class>
        <async-supported>true</async-supported>
    </servlet>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>messages</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/chat/messages</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
    <!-- CometdChat WebApp Config -->
    <context-param>
        <param-name>cometdChatAppName</param-name>
        <param-value>[PUT A NAME HERE]</param-value>
    </context-param>
    <filter>
        <filter-name>continuation</filter-name>
        <filter-class>org.eclipse.jetty.continuation.ContinuationFilter</filter-class>
        <async-supported>true</async-supported>
    </filter>
    <filter-mapping>
        <filter-name>continuation</filter-name>
        <url-pattern>/cometd/*</url-pattern>
    </filter-mapping>
    <!-- Cometd Servlet -->
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>cometd</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>com.looseboxes.cometd.chat.servlets.CometdWithMessageConsumer</servlet-class>
        <async-supported>true</async-supported>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>transports</param-name>
            <param-value>org.cometd.websocket.server.WebSocketTransport</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>services</param-name>
            <param-value>com.looseboxes.cometd.chat.ChatService</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>cometd</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/cometd/*</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>

Setp 3. Add the code below to any ServletContextListener's contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent) method

public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent servletContextEvent) {

    final ServletContext servletContext = servletContextEvent.getServletContext();    

    final CometdChat cometdChat = new CometdChat(servletContext);
}

Setp 4. Add this to the head section of any jsp or jspf page you want chat to be available from

<%@taglib uri="/META-INF/tlds/cometdchat" prefix="cometdchat"%>
<cometdchat:joinChat loginUserDisplayName="me" windowBackground="navy"/>