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Solon WebSocket Drops Annotations for Cleaner Listener Interface

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

Solon's WebSocket support replaces JSR-356 annotations like @OnOpen with a WebSocketListener interface, simplifying lifecycle handling. Developers extend SimpleWebSocketListener and override methods, gaining direct access to path variables and query parameters. This design offers a cleaner alternative for Java WebSocket endpoints.

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Solon's approach may appeal to developers tired of annotation-heavy frameworks, but its niche adoption limits immediate impact.
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