https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55639
Bug ID: 55639
Summary: Add Drawboard Websocket Example
Product: Tomcat 8
Version: trunk
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: P2
Component: Examples
Assignee: dev@tomcat.apache.org
Reporter: kpreis...@apache.org
Created attachment 30909
--> https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=30909&action=edit
Patch to add the Drawboard example
Hi,
I would like to add this Drawboard example to Tomcat's Websocket examples.
It is a page where you can draw with your mouse or touch input (using different
colors) and everybody else which has the page open will immediately see what
you are drawing.
If someone opens the page later, they will get the current room image (so they
can see what was already drawn by other people).
It uses asynchronous sending of messages so that it doesn't need separate
threads for each client to send messages (this needs NIO or APR connector to be
used).
A "Room" (where the drawing happens) has a dedicated thread because the actions
which are done in one Room are single-threaded (like drawing to a
BufferedImage). If multiple rooms were used, then each Room would have its own
dedicated thread (but currently only one Room is implemented).
When you open the page, first you will receive a binary websocket message
containing the current room image as PNG image. After that, you will receive
string messages that contain the drawing actions (line from x1,y1 to x2,y2).
Note that it currently only uses simple string messages instead of JSON because
I did not want to introduce a dependency on a JSON lib.
It uses synchronization mechanisms to ensure that the final image will look the
same for every user, regardless of what their network latency/speed is - e.g.
if two user draw at the same time on the same place, the server will decide
which line was the first one, and that will be reflected on every client.
What do you think?
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