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Three Steps to Build a Killer WebSocket App with JavaFX

The app I wanted to build consumes the same data source as the lightning fast Kaazing portfolio demo


Here’s the source for my Sample.fxml file:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<?import fxmltableview.*?>
<?import java.lang.*?>
<?import java.util.*?>
<?import javafx.collections.*?>
<?import javafx.geometry.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.cell.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.image.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.text.*?>
<?import javafxapplication4.*?>

<AnchorPane id="AnchorPane" prefHeight="443.999755859375" prefWidth="656.9998779296875" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml" fx:controller="javafxapplication4.SampleController">
  <children>
    <BorderPane prefHeight="706.0" prefWidth="717.0" snapToPixel="false" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="14.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="14.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="0.0">
      <right>
        <TableView fx:id="tableView" editable="true" prefHeight="393.999755859375" prefWidth="555.9998779296875">
          <columns>
            <TableColumn prefWidth="240.0" text="Company" fx:id="company">
              <cellValueFactory>
                <PropertyValueFactory property="company" />
              </cellValueFactory>
            </TableColumn>
            <TableColumn prefWidth="100.0" text="Ticker" fx:id="ticker">
              <cellValueFactory>
                <PropertyValueFactory property="ticker" />
              </cellValueFactory>
            </TableColumn>
            <TableColumn prefWidth="100.0" text="Price" fx:id="price">
              <cellValueFactory>
                <PropertyValueFactory property="price" />
              </cellValueFactory>
            </TableColumn>
            <TableColumn prefWidth="100.0" text="Change" fx:id="change">
              <cellValueFactory>
                <PropertyValueFactory property="change" />
              </cellValueFactory>
            </TableColumn>
          </columns>
          <BorderPane.margin>
            <Insets bottom="50.0" left="50.0" right="50.0" top="50.0" />
          </BorderPane.margin>
        </TableView>
      </right>
      <top>
        <Pane prefHeight="32.0" prefWidth="745.0">
          <children>
            <Label alignment="CENTER" contentDisplay="CENTER" layoutX="14.0" layoutY="5.0" prefWidth="614.9998779296875" text="WebSocket Portfolio Demo" textAlignment="CENTER" textFill="#cc6200">
              <font>
                <Font name="System Bold" size="24.0" />
              </font>
            </Label>
          </children>
        </Pane>
      </top>
    </BorderPane>
  </children>
</AnchorPane>

 

Then, I defined the data model driving my TableView. I created a JavaBean, called Stock, with four private variables. The first three: company, ticker, and price, represent the first three columns of my TableView. The fourth one is a computed value, displaying the change of the price of a stock.

 

/*
 * To change this template, choose Tools | Templates
 * and open the template in the editor.
 */
package javafxapplication4;

import javafx.beans.property.SimpleStringProperty;
import javafx.beans.property.StringProperty;

/**
 *
 * @author pmoskovi
 */
public class Stock {

    private SimpleStringProperty company;
    private SimpleStringProperty ticker;
    private SimpleStringProperty price;
    private SimpleStringProperty change;

    public Stock () {
        setCompany("");
        setTicker("");
        setPrice("");
    }

    public Stock(String company, String ticker, String price, String shares, String value) {
        setCompany(company);
        setTicker (ticker);
        setPrice (price);
    }

    public String getCompany() {
        return companyProperty().get();
    }

    public void setCompany(String company) {
        companyProperty().set(company);
    }

    public StringProperty companyProperty() {
        if (company == null) {
            company = new SimpleStringProperty(this, "company");
        }
         return company;
    }

    public String getTicker() {
        return tickerProperty().get();
    }

    public void setTicker(String ticker) {
        tickerProperty().set(ticker);
    }

    public StringProperty tickerProperty() {
        if (ticker == null) {
            ticker = new SimpleStringProperty(this, "ticker");
        }
         return ticker;
    }

    public String getPrice() {
        return priceProperty().get();
    }

    public void setPrice(String price) {
        priceProperty().set(price);
    }

    public StringProperty priceProperty() {
        if (price == null) {
            price = new SimpleStringProperty(this, "price");
        }
         return price;
    }

    public String getChange() {
        return changeProperty().get();
    }

    public void setChange(String change) {
        changeProperty().set(change);
    }

    public StringProperty changeProperty() {
        if (change == null) {
            change = new SimpleStringProperty(this, "change");
        }
         return change;
    }
}

 

Step 3 – Feeding the application with data through WebSockets

Lastly, by simply following the How to Build Java Client Using Kaazing WebSocket Gateway I created the WebSocket connection, subscribed to the stock data feed, and updated my model which in turn refreshed the TableView in the screen.

The app uses the JMS Edition of Kaazing WebSocket Gateway, allowing you to invoke JMS APIs directly in the JavaFX application code.

 

/*
 * To change this template, choose Tools | Templates
 * and open the template in the editor.
 */
package javafxapplication4;

import java.net.URL;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ListIterator;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
import javafx.fxml.FXML;
import javafx.fxml.Initializable;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.control.TableColumn;
import javafx.scene.control.TableView;
import javax.jms.Connection;
import javax.jms.ConnectionFactory;
import javax.jms.ExceptionListener;
import javax.jms.JMSException;
import javax.jms.Message;
import javax.jms.MessageConsumer;
import javax.jms.MessageListener;
import javax.jms.Session;
import javax.jms.TextMessage;
import javax.jms.Topic;
import javax.naming.Context;
import javax.naming.InitialContext;

/**
 *
 * @author pmoskovi
 */
public class SampleController implements Initializable {

    private ObservableList data;
    @FXML
    private Label label;
    @FXML
    private TableView tableView;
    @FXML
    private TableColumn<Stock, String> change;
    ListIterator it;

    public void startRendering() {

        addStock("3mCo", "MMM", "", "", "");
        addStock("AT&T Inc", "T", "", "", "");
        addStock("Boeing Co", "BA", "", "", "");
        addStock("Citigroup", "C", "", "", "");
        addStock("Hewlett-Packard Co", "HPQ", "", "", "");
        addStock("Intel Corporation", "INTC", "", "", "");
        addStock("International Business Machines", "IBM", "", "", "");
        addStock("McDonald's Cororation", "MCD", "", "", "");
        addStock("Microsoft Corporation", "MSFT", "", "", "");
        addStock("Verizon Communications", "VZ", "", "", "");
        addStock("Wal-Mart Stores Inc", "WMT", "", "", "");

        doConnect();
    }

    protected void addStock(String company, String ticker, String price, String shares, String value) {
        ObservableList data = tableView.getItems();
        data.add(new Stock(company, ticker, price, shares, value));
    }

    @Override
    public void initialize(URL url, ResourceBundle rb) {
        startRendering();
    }

    protected void doConnect() {
        Properties props = new Properties();
        props.put(InitialContext.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY,
                "com.kaazing.gateway.jms.client.stomp.StompInitialContextFactory");

        //WebSocket end-point
        props.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, "ws://demo.kaazing.com/jms");
        InitialContext ctx;
        final ObservableList data = tableView.getItems();

        try {
            ctx = new InitialContext(props);
            ConnectionFactory connectionFactory;
            connectionFactory = (ConnectionFactory) ctx.lookup("ConnectionFactory");

            //Creating WebSocket connection
            Connection connection = connectionFactory.createConnection(null, null);
            connection.setExceptionListener(new ExceptionListener() {
                @Override
                public void onException(JMSException jmse) {
                    jmse.printStackTrace();
                }
            });

            //Creating JMS session
            Session session = connection.createSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);

            //Creating JMS topic
            Topic topic = (Topic) ctx.lookup("/topic/portfolioStock");

            //Creating JMS consumer
            MessageConsumer consumer = session.createConsumer(topic);
            consumer.setMessageListener(new MessageListener() {
                @Override
                public void onMessage(Message msg) {
                    it = data.listIterator();

                    try {
                        // Creating a String array out of the incoming message: ticker, company, price
                        String[] stockMsgArr = parseList(((TextMessage) msg).getText(), ":");

//                        System.out.println(stockMsgArr[0] + ":" + stockMsgArr[1] + ":" + stockMsgArr[2]);
                        // Loop through all the elements of the viewTable model
                        while (it.hasNext()) {
                            // st holds the current row of tableView
                            Stock st = (Stock)it.next();
//                            System.out.println("st.getTicker() " + st.getTicker() + " | " + "stockMsgArr[1] " + stockMsgArr[1]);

                            if (st.getTicker().equals(stockMsgArr[1])) {
                                Float oldValue, newValue;
                                newValue = Float.parseFloat(stockMsgArr[2]);
                                oldValue = Float.parseFloat((st.getPrice().equals("")) ? "0" : st.getPrice());
//                                System.out.println ("oldValue: " + oldValue + " | newValue: " + newValue);
                                ((Stock)(it.previous())).setChange(new DecimalFormat("#.##").format((newValue-oldValue)));
                                st.setPrice (newValue.toString());
                                break;
                            }
                        }
                    } catch (JMSException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                }
            });
            connection.start();
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(SampleController.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }
    }

    public static String[] parseList(String list, String delim) {
        List result = new ArrayList();
        StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(list, delim);
        while (tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
            result.add(tokenizer.nextToken());
        }
        return (String[]) result.toArray(new String[0]);
    }

}

 

If you’re attending JavaOne this year, come to our session for goodies and cool demos on WebSockets.

To learn more about the JMS APIs exposed to Web clients, or if you want to see step-by-step instructions on building a true HTML5 WebSocket app using the JavaScript API, check out these Kaazing tutorials.


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More Stories By Jonas Jacobi

Jonas Jacobi is President and CEO of Kaazing, a privately held company that delivers next generation high-performance Web communication platform providing distribution of live data to the online financial trading, betting, gaming, auction, social, and media industries. Before co-founding Kaazing Jonas served as VP of Product Management for Brane Corporation, a leader in platform and technology independent solutions for any type of application software technology, automating the entire application development process required to maximize the business value of software. Prior to Brane Corporation, he spent over 8 years at Oracle where he served as a Java EE and open source Evangelist, and product manager responsible for the product management of JavaServer Faces, Oracle ADF Faces, and Oracle ADF Faces Rich Client in the Oracle Application Server division. Jonas is a frequent speaker at international conferences and has written numerous articles for leading IT magazines such as Java Developer's Journal, JavaPro, AjaxWorld, and Oracle Magazine. Mr. Jacobi is co-author of the best-selling book Pro JSF and Ajax: Building Rich Internet Components, (Apress).

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