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What is the major difference between SimpMessageHeaderAccessor vs StompHeaderAccessor Spring + java

What is the major difference between SimpMessageHeaderAccessor vs StompHeaderAccessor Web Socket Spring?

Please explain elaborately if you know about this?

Solution

  • This has a simple answer: SimpMessageHeaderAccessor is the parent of StompHeaderAccessor.

    That is, StompHeaderAccessor is used exclusively for STOMP headers while SimpMessageHeaderAccessor is used for all messaging protocol headers, including STOMP.

    STOMP is one of the simpler types of messaging protocol - it's text based, making it a little similar to how HTTP works and allows for communication using multiple languages and platforms. But it cannot be used for queuing and topics.

    Further reading:

    1. http://jmesnil.net/stomp-websocket/doc/
    2. https://blogs.vmware.com/vfabric/2013/02/choosing-your-messaging-protocol-amqp-mqtt-or-stomp.html