org.springframework.messaging.simp.annotation

Annotation Type SendToUser

@Target(value=METHOD)
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Documented
public @interface SendToUser

Annotation that indicates that the return value of a message-handling method should be sent as a Message to the specified destination(s) prepended with "/user/{username}" where the user name is extracted from the headers of the input message being handled.

Since:

4.0

Author:

Rossen Stoyanchev, Sam Brannen

See Also:

SendToMethodReturnValueHandler, UserDestinationMessageHandler, SimpMessageHeaderAccessor.getUser()

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
boolean	broadcast Whether messages should be sent to all sessions associated with the user or only to the session of the input message being handled.
java.lang.String[]	destinations One or more destinations to send a message to.
java.lang.String[]	value Alias for destinations().

Element Detail

value

@AliasFor(attribute="destinations")
public abstract java.lang.String[] value

Alias for destinations().

See Also:

destinations()

Default:

{}

destinations

@AliasFor(attribute="value")
public abstract java.lang.String[] destinations

One or more destinations to send a message to.

If left unspecified, a default destination is selected based on the destination of the input message being handled.

Since:

4.2

See Also:

value(), SendToMethodReturnValueHandler

Default:

{}

broadcast

public abstract boolean broadcast

Whether messages should be sent to all sessions associated with the user or only to the session of the input message being handled.

By default this is set to true in which case messages are broadcast to all sessions.

Default:

true