[Development] [Feature Request] Add QtWebSockets to Qt

[Steve Gold]

I don't know who gets an "official" vote but I am in favor of making 
QtWebSockets part of the official Qt repository and would like to see it 
included in the next 5.2.1 release.

Since I consider it to be 'Qt-worthy' but almost 'QML-worthy', I recommend 
that a public Q_INVOKABLE disconnect() method be added to the QQmlWebSocket 
class with error handling and that error handling be improved in the setUrl, 
open, close and setTextMessage methods, among others. These methods could 
return a bool value, use try/catch or a combination.

Let me know what you think of these suggestions.

Thanks.

Steve


-----Original Message----- 
From: Kurt Pattyn
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 5:07 PM
To: development at qt-project.org
Subject: [Development] [Feature Request] Add QtWebSockets to Qt

Hi,

I propose to move QtWebSockets from the playground 
(https://qt.gitorious.org/qtplayground/websockets/) to the official Qt 
repository as an add-on.
As there is a need for a websockets implementation in Qt (see 
https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-26300 and 
https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-26298), QtWebSockets could be 
a welcome addition.

The module only depends on Qt (core and network, and Qml for the Qml 
component).
It supports the ws and wss schemes, and can be used as a client and server 
component.
The API is modelled after QAbstractSocket and QTcpSocket, and hence should 
be familiar for Qt developers. The Qml module has been reviewed by Alan 
Alpert, and is considered 'QML-worthy'. Currently, the module builds as a Qt 
add-on, and can be used by adding QT += websockets.

QtWebSockets passes the Autobahn Testsuite (see 
http://autobahn.ws/testsuite/), has extensive unit tests, and builds 
successfully on the Qt CI infrastructure. Performance has also been tested 
with AutoBahn TestSuite, and is up-to-par with all current browsers and 
websocketpp (even slightly faster).

Please cast your votes.

Cheers,

Kurt
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