quick start

Checkout, Build and Run

To build and run from a checkout, you need java 1.5 and maven >2.0.8 installed:

svn co http://svn.cometd.com/trunk cometd
cd cometd
mvn
cd cometd-jetty
mvn
cd demo
mvn jetty:run-war

This will run a demo jetty server on port 8080.

Download, Install Run

• Download latest Jetty release, currently 6.1.11 is latest
• Unzip folder from archive
• Open command line, go to new folder and run "java -jar start.jar" - "Started SelectChannelConnector@0.0.0.0:8080" indicates successful startup
• Take a look at the cometd demos at http://localhost:8080/cometd/

Import into Eclispe

• Install m2eclipse plugin http://m2eclipse.codehaus.org/
• Use Maven Import Wizard to import projects into workspace: File -> Import -> Maven Projects -> Select .../jetty-6.1.x/contrib/cometd as root directory, Finish
• Start cometd chat demo by starting dojox.cometd.demo.CometdDemo (eg. right click, Run As -> Java Application)

What the demo includes

• Chat, echo and timesync demos
• The chat demo has necessary code in client to handle transient network failures and server restarts.
• The server code includes BayeuxStartupListener example with instances of BayeuxService class to handle server side subscriptions and services, such as monitoring, echo service and chat room member list.