Class: ConnectionOptions

ConnectionOptions

Data object that contains the policy settings used to connect to a Lightstreamer Server.
The class constructor, its prototype and any other properties should never be used directly; the library will create ConnectionOptions instances when needed.
Note that all the settings are applied asynchronously; this means that if a CPU consuming task is performed right after the call the effect of the setting will be delayed.

new ConnectionOptions()

Used by LightstreamerClient to provide an extra connection properties data object.
See:

Method Summary

getConnectTimeout
Returns the same value as ConnectionOptions#getRetryDelay.
getContentLength
Inquiry method that gets the length expressed in bytes to be used by the Server for the response body on a HTTP stream connection.
getCurrentConnectTimeout
Inquiry method that gets the maximum time to wait for a response to a request.
getFirstRetryMaxDelay
Inquiry method that gets the maximum time to wait before trying a new connection to the Server in case the previous one is unexpectedly closed while correctly working.
getForcedTransport
Inquiry method that gets the value of the forced transport (if any).
getHttpExtraHeaders
Inquiry method that gets the JSON object containing the extra headers to be sent to the server.
getIdleTimeout
Inquiry method that gets the maximum time the Server is allowed to wait for any data to be sent in response to a polling request, if none has accumulated at request time.
getKeepaliveInterval
Inquiry method that gets the interval between two keepalive packets sent by Lightstreamer Server on a stream connection when no actual data is being transmitted.
getMaxBandwidth
Inquiry method that gets the maximum bandwidth that can be consumed for the data coming from Lightstreamer Server.
getPollingInterval
Inquiry method that gets the polling interval used for polling connections.
getReconnectTimeout
Inquiry method that gets the time the client, after entering "STALLED" status, is allowed to keep waiting for a keepalive packet or any data on a stream connection, before disconnecting and trying to reconnect to the Server.
getRetryDelay
Inquiry method that gets the minimum time to wait before trying a new connection to the Server in case the previous one failed for any reason, which is also the maximum time to wait for a response to a request before dropping the connection and trying with a different approach.
getReverseHeartbeatInterval
Inquiry method that gets the reverse-heartbeat interval expressed in milliseconds.
getSessionRecoveryTimeout
Inquiry method that gets the maximum time allowed for attempts to recover the current session upon an interruption, after which a new session will be created.
getStalledTimeout
Inquiry method that gets the extra time the client can wait when an expected keepalive packet has not been received on a stream connection (and no actual data has arrived), before entering the "STALLED" status.
isCookieHandlingRequired
Inquiry method that checks if the client is going to connect only if it can guarantee that cookies pertaining to the server will be sent.
isEarlyWSOpenEnabled
Inquiry method that checks if the client is going to early-open the WebSocket connection to the address specified in ConnectionDetails#setServerAddress.
isHttpExtraHeadersOnSessionCreationOnly
Inquiry method that checks if the restriction on the forwarding of the configured extra http headers applies or not.
isServerInstanceAddressIgnored
Inquiry method that checks if the client is going to ignore the server instance address that will possibly be sent by the server.
isSlowingEnabled
Inquiry method that checks if the slowing algorithm is enabled or not.
setConnectTimeout
Does nothing.
setContentLength
Setter method that sets the length in bytes to be used by the Server for the response body on a stream connection (a minimum length, however, is ensured by the server).
setCookieHandlingRequired
Setter method that enables/disables the cookies-are-required policy on the client side.
setCurrentConnectTimeout
Does nothing.
setEarlyWSOpenEnabled
Setter method that enables/disables the "early-open" of the WebSocket connection.
setFirstRetryMaxDelay
Setter method that sets the maximum time to wait before trying a new connection to the Server in case the previous one is unexpectedly closed while correctly working.
setForcedTransport
Setter method that can be used to disable/enable the Stream-Sense algorithm and to force the client to use a fixed transport or a fixed combination of a transport and a connection type.
setHttpExtraHeaders
Setter method that enables/disables the setting of extra HTTP headers to all the request performed to the Lightstreamer server by the client.
setHttpExtraHeadersOnSessionCreationOnly
Setter method that enables/disables a restriction on the forwarding of the extra http headers specified through ConnectionOptions#setHttpExtraHeaders.
setIdleTimeout
Setter method that sets the maximum time the Server is allowed to wait for any data to be sent in response to a polling request, if none has accumulated at request time.
setKeepaliveInterval
Setter method that sets the interval between two keepalive packets to be sent by Lightstreamer Server on a stream connection when no actual data is being transmitted.
setMaxBandwidth
Setter method that sets the maximum bandwidth expressed in kilobits/s that can be consumed for the data coming from Lightstreamer Server.
setPollingInterval
Setter method that sets the polling interval used for polling connections.
setReconnectTimeout
Setter method that sets the time the client, after entering "STALLED" status, is allowed to keep waiting for a keepalive packet or any data on a stream connection, before disconnecting and trying to reconnect to the Server.
setRetryDelay
Setter method that sets
  1. the minimum time to wait before trying a new connection to the Server in case the previous one failed for any reason; and
  2. the maximum time to wait for a response to a request before dropping the connection and trying with a different approach.
setReverseHeartbeatInterval
Setter method that enables/disables the reverse-heartbeat mechanism by setting the heartbeat interval.
setServerInstanceAddressIgnored
Setter method that can be used to disable/enable the automatic handling of server instance address that may be returned by the Lightstreamer server during session creation.
setSessionRecoveryTimeout
Setter method that sets the maximum time allowed for attempts to recover the current session upon an interruption, after which a new session will be created.
setSlowingEnabled
Setter method that turns on or off the slowing algorithm.
setStalledTimeout
Setter method that sets the extra time the client is allowed to wait when an expected keepalive packet has not been received on a stream connection (and no actual data has arrived), before entering the "STALLED" status.

Method Detail

getConnectTimeout()

Returns the same value as ConnectionOptions#getRetryDelay.

The method is deprecated: use ConnectionOptions#getRetryDelay instead.

getContentLength() → {Number}

Inquiry method that gets the length expressed in bytes to be used by the Server for the response body on a HTTP stream connection.
Returns:
the length to be used by the Server for the response body on a HTTP stream connection
Type
Number

getCurrentConnectTimeout()

Inquiry method that gets the maximum time to wait for a response to a request.

This value corresponds to the retry delay, but, in case of multiple failed attempts on unresponsive connections, it can be changed dynamically by the library to higher values. When this happens, the current value cannot be altered, but by issuing LightstreamerClient#disconnect and LightstreamerClient#connect it will restart from the retry delay.

See:
Returns:
The time (in milliseconds) allowed to wait before trying a new connection.

getFirstRetryMaxDelay() → {Number}

Inquiry method that gets the maximum time to wait before trying a new connection to the Server in case the previous one is unexpectedly closed while correctly working.
See:
Returns:
The max time (in milliseconds) to wait before trying a new connection.
Type
Number

getForcedTransport() → {String}

Inquiry method that gets the value of the forced transport (if any).
See:
Returns:
The forced transport or null
Type
String

getHttpExtraHeaders() → {Object}

Inquiry method that gets the JSON object containing the extra headers to be sent to the server.
See:
Returns:
the JSON object containing the extra headers to be sent
Type
Object

getIdleTimeout() → {Number}

Inquiry method that gets the maximum time the Server is allowed to wait for any data to be sent in response to a polling request, if none has accumulated at request time. The wait time used by the Server, however, may be different, because of server side restrictions.
See:
Returns:
The time (in milliseconds) the Server is allowed to wait for data to send upon polling requests.
Type
Number

getKeepaliveInterval() → {Number}

Inquiry method that gets the interval between two keepalive packets sent by Lightstreamer Server on a stream connection when no actual data is being transmitted.
If the value has just been set and a connection to Lightstreamer Server has not been established yet, the returned value is the time that is being requested to the Server. Afterwards, the returned value is the time used by the Server, that may be different, because of Server side constraints. If the returned value is 0, it means that the interval is to be decided by the Server upon the next connection.
See:
Returns:
The time, expressed in milliseconds, between two keepalive packets sent by the Server, or 0.
Type
Number

getMaxBandwidth() → {Number}

Inquiry method that gets the maximum bandwidth that can be consumed for the data coming from Lightstreamer Server.
If the value has just been set and a connection to Lightstreamer Server has not been established yet, the returned value is the bandwidth limit that is being requested to the Server. Afterwards, the returned value is the limit applied by the Server, that may be different, because of Server side constraints.
See:
Returns:
The maximum bandwidth requested for the streaming or polling connection, expressed in kbps (kilobits/sec), or the string "unlimited".
Type
Number

getPollingInterval() → {Number}

Inquiry method that gets the polling interval used for polling connections.
If the value has just been set and a polling request to Lightstreamer Server has not been performed yet, the returned value is the polling interval that is being requested to the Server. Afterwards, the returned value is the the time between subsequent polling requests that is really allowed by the Server, that may be different, because of Server side constraints.
See:
Returns:
The time (in milliseconds) between subsequent polling requests.
Type
Number

getReconnectTimeout() → {Number}

Inquiry method that gets the time the client, after entering "STALLED" status, is allowed to keep waiting for a keepalive packet or any data on a stream connection, before disconnecting and trying to reconnect to the Server.
See:
Returns:
The idle time (in milliseconds) admitted in "STALLED" status before trying to reconnect to the Server.
Type
Number

getRetryDelay() → {Number}

Inquiry method that gets the minimum time to wait before trying a new connection to the Server in case the previous one failed for any reason, which is also the maximum time to wait for a response to a request before dropping the connection and trying with a different approach. Note that the delay is calculated from the moment the effort to create a connection is made, not from the moment the failure is detected or the connection timeout expires.
See:
Returns:
The time (in milliseconds) to wait before trying a new connection.
Type
Number

getReverseHeartbeatInterval() → {Number}

Inquiry method that gets the reverse-heartbeat interval expressed in milliseconds. A 0 value is possible, meaning that the mechanism is disabled.
See:
Returns:
the reverse-heartbeat interval, or 0.
Type
Number

getSessionRecoveryTimeout() → {Number}

Inquiry method that gets the maximum time allowed for attempts to recover the current session upon an interruption, after which a new session will be created. A 0 value also means that any attempt to recover the current session is prevented in the first place.
See:
Returns:
the maximum time allowed for recovery attempts, possibly 0.
Type
Number

getStalledTimeout() → {Number}

Inquiry method that gets the extra time the client can wait when an expected keepalive packet has not been received on a stream connection (and no actual data has arrived), before entering the "STALLED" status.
See:
Returns:
The idle time (in milliseconds) admitted before entering the "STALLED" status.
Type
Number

isCookieHandlingRequired() → {boolean}

Inquiry method that checks if the client is going to connect only if it can guarantee that cookies pertaining to the server will be sent.
See:
Returns:
true/false if the cookies-are-required policy is enabled or not.
Type
boolean

isEarlyWSOpenEnabled() → {boolean}

Inquiry method that checks if the client is going to early-open the WebSocket connection to the address specified in ConnectionDetails#setServerAddress.
See:
Returns:
true/false if the early-open of the WebSocket connection is enabled or not.
Type
boolean

isHttpExtraHeadersOnSessionCreationOnly() → {boolean}

Inquiry method that checks if the restriction on the forwarding of the configured extra http headers applies or not.
See:
Returns:
true/false if the restriction applies or not.
Type
boolean

isServerInstanceAddressIgnored() → {boolean}

Inquiry method that checks if the client is going to ignore the server instance address that will possibly be sent by the server.
See:
Returns:
Whether or not to ignore the server instance address sent by the server.
Type
boolean

isSlowingEnabled() → {boolean}

Inquiry method that checks if the slowing algorithm is enabled or not.
See:
Returns:
Whether the slowing algorithm is enabled or not.
Type
boolean

setConnectTimeout()

Does nothing.

The method is deprecated and it has no effect. To act on connection timeouts use ConnectionOptions#setRetryDelay.

setContentLength(contentLength)

Setter method that sets the length in bytes to be used by the Server for the response body on a stream connection (a minimum length, however, is ensured by the server). After the content length exhaustion, the connection will be closed and a new bind connection will be automatically reopened.
NOTE that this setting only applies to the "HTTP-STREAMING" case (i.e. not to WebSockets).

Default value: A length decided by the library, to ensure the best performance. It can be of a few MB or much higher, depending on the environment.

Lifecycle: The content length should be set before calling the LightstreamerClient#connect method. However, the value can be changed at any time: the supplied value will be used for the next streaming connection (either a bind or a brand new session).

Notification: A change to this setting will be notified through a call to ClientListener#onPropertyChange with argument "contentLength" on any ClientListener listening to any LightstreamerClient sharing the same connection with the LightstreamerClient owning the ConnectionOptions upon which the setter was called .

Parameters:
Name Type Description
contentLength Number The length to be used by the Server for the response body on a HTTP stream connection.
Throws:
if a negative, zero, decimal or a not-number value is passed.
Type
IllegalArgumentException

setCookieHandlingRequired(cookieHandlingRequired)

Setter method that enables/disables the cookies-are-required policy on the client side. Enabling this policy will guarantee that cookies pertaining to the Lightstreamer Server will be sent with each request.
This holds for both cookies returned by the Server (possibly affinity cookies inserted by a Load Balancer standing in between) and for cookies set by other sites (for instance on the front-end page) and with a domain specification which includes Lightstreamer Server host. Likewise, cookies set by Lightstreamer Server and with a domain specification which includes other sites will be forwarded to them.
On the other hand enabling this setting may prevent the client from opening a streaming connection or even to connect at all depending on the browser/environment.

Default value: false.

Lifecycle:This setting should be performed before calling the LightstreamerClient#connect method. However, the value can be changed at any time: the supplied value will be used for the next HTTP request or WebSocket establishment.

Notification: A change to this setting will be notified through a call to ClientListener#onPropertyChange with argument "cookieHandlingRequired" on any ClientListener listening to any LightstreamerClient sharing the same connection with the LightstreamerClient owning the ConnectionOptions upon which the setter was called.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
cookieHandlingRequired boolean true/false to enable/disable the cookies-are-required policy.
Throws:
if a not boolean value is given.
Type
IllegalArgumentException

setCurrentConnectTimeout()

Does nothing.

The method is deprecated and it has no effect. To act on connection timeouts, only ConnectionOptions#setRetryDelay is available.

setEarlyWSOpenEnabled(earlyWSOpenEnabled)

Setter method that enables/disables the "early-open" of the WebSocket connection.
When enabled a WebSocket is open to the address specified through ConnectionDetails#setServerAddress before a potential server instance address is received during session creation. In this case if a server instance address is received, the previously open WebSocket is closed and a new one is open to the received server instance address.
If disabled, the session creation is completed to verify if such a server instance address is configured in the server before opening the WebSocket.
For these reasons this setting should be set to false if the server configuration specifies a <control_link_address> and/or a <control_link_machine_name> element in its configuration; viceversa it should be set to true if such elements are not set on the target server(s) configuration.

Edition Note: Server Clustering is an optional feature, available depending on Edition and License Type. To know what features are enabled by your license, please see the License tab of the Monitoring Dashboard (by default, available at /dashboard).

Default value: false.

Lifecycle:This method can be called at any time. If called while the client already owns a session it will be applied the next time a session is requested to a server.

Notification: A change to this setting will be notified through a call to ClientListener#onPropertyChange with argument "earlyWSOpenEnabled" on any ClientListener listening to any LightstreamerClient sharing the same connection with the LightstreamerClient owning the ConnectionOptions upon which the setter was called .

Parameters:
Name Type Description
earlyWSOpenEnabled boolean true/false to enable/disable the early-open of the WebSocket connection.
See:
Throws:
if a not boolean value is given.
Type
IllegalArgumentException

setFirstRetryMaxDelay(firstRetryMaxDelay)

Setter method that sets the maximum time to wait before trying a new connection to the Server in case the previous one is unexpectedly closed while correctly working. The new connection may be either the opening of a new session or an attempt to recovery the current session, depending on the kind of interruption.
The actual delay is a randomized value between 0 and this value. This randomization might help avoid a load spike on the cluster due to simultaneous reconnections, should one of the active servers be stopped. Note that this delay is only applied before the first reconnection: should such reconnection fail, only the setting of ConnectionOptions#setRetryDelay will be applied.

Default value: 100 (0.1 seconds).

Lifecycle: This value can be set and changed at any time.

Notification: A change to this setting will be notified through a call to ClientListener#onPropertyChange with argument "firstRetryMaxDelay" on any ClientListener listening to any LightstreamerClient sharing the same connection with the LightstreamerClient owning the ConnectionOptions upon which the setter was called .

Parameters:
Name Type Description
firstRetryMaxDelay Number The max time (in milliseconds) to wait before trying a new connection.
Throws:
if a negative, zero, or a not-number value is passed.
Type
IllegalArgumentException

setForcedTransport(forcedTransport)

Setter method that can be used to disable/enable the Stream-Sense algorithm and to force the client to use a fixed transport or a fixed combination of a transport and a connection type. When a combination is specified the Stream-Sense algorithm is completely disabled.
The method can be used to switch between streaming and polling connection types and between HTTP and WebSocket transports.
In some cases, the requested status may not be reached, because of connection or environment problems. In that case the client will continuously attempt to reach the configured status.
Note that if the Stream-Sense algorithm is disabled, the client may still enter the "CONNECTED:STREAM-SENSING" status; however, in that case, if it eventually finds out that streaming is not possible, no recovery will be tried.

Default value: null (full Stream-Sense enabled).

Lifecycle:This method can be called at any time. If called while the client is connecting or connected it will instruct to switch connection type to match the given configuration.

Notification: A change to this setting will be notified through a call to ClientListener#onPropertyChange with argument "forcedTransport" on any ClientListener listening to any LightstreamerClient sharing the same connection with the LightstreamerClient owning the ConnectionOptions upon which the setter was called .

Parameters:
Name Type Description
forcedTransport String can be one of the following:
  • null: the Stream-Sense algorithm is enabled and the client will automatically connect using the most appropriate transport and connection type among those made possible by the browser/environment.
  • "WS": the Stream-Sense algorithm is enabled as in the null case but the client will only use WebSocket based connections. If a connection over WebSocket is not possible because of the browser/environment the client will not connect at all.
  • "HTTP": the Stream-Sense algorithm is enabled as in the null case but the client will only use HTTP based connections. If a connection over HTTP is not possible because of the browser/environment the client will not connect at all.
  • "WS-STREAMING": the Stream-Sense algorithm is disabled and the client will only connect on Streaming over WebSocket. If Streaming over WebSocket is not possible because of the browser/environment the client will not connect at all.
  • "HTTP-STREAMING": the Stream-Sense algorithm is disabled and the client will only connect on Streaming over HTTP. If Streaming over HTTP is not possible because of the browser/environment the client will not connect at all.
  • "WS-POLLING": the Stream-Sense algorithm is disabled and the client will only connect on Polling over WebSocket. If Polling over WebSocket is not possible because of the browser/environment the client will not connect at all.
  • "HTTP-POLLING": the Stream-Sense algorithm is disabled and the client will only connect on Polling over HTTP. If Polling over HTTP is not possible because of the browser/environment the client will not connect at all.
Throws:
if the given value is not in the list of the admitted ones.
Type
IllegalArgumentException

setHttpExtraHeaders(headersObj)

Setter method that enables/disables the setting of extra HTTP headers to all the request performed to the Lightstreamer server by the client. Note that when the value is set WebSockets are disabled (as the current browser client API does not support the setting of custom HTTP headers) unless ConnectionOptions#setHttpExtraHeadersOnSessionCreationOnly is set to true.
Also note that if the browser/environment does not have the possibility to send extra headers while some are specified through this method it will fail to connect. Also note that the Content-Type header is reserved by the client library itself, while other headers might be refused by the browser/environment and others might cause the connection to the server to fail.
For instance, you cannot use this method to specify custom cookies to be sent to Lightstreamer Server. They can only be set and inquired through the browser's document.cookie object.
The use of custom headers might also cause the browser/environment to send an OPTIONS request to the server before opening the actual connection. Finally, note that, in case of cross-origin requests, extra headers have to be authorized on the server configuration file, in the cross_domain_policy element.

Default value: null (meaning no extra headers are sent).

Lifecycle:This setting should be performed before calling the LightstreamerClient#connect method. However, the value can be changed at any time: the supplied value will be used for the next HTTP request or WebSocket establishment.

Notification: A change to this setting will be notified through a call to ClientListener#onPropertyChange with argument "httpExtraHeaders" on any ClientListener listening to any LightstreamerClient sharing the same connection with the LightstreamerClient owning the ConnectionOptions upon which the setter was called .

Parameters:
Name Type Description
headersObj Object a JSON object containing header-name header-value pairs. Null can be specified to avoid extra headers to be sent.

setHttpExtraHeadersOnSessionCreationOnly(httpExtraHeadersOnSessionCreationOnly)

Setter method that enables/disables a restriction on the forwarding of the extra http headers specified through ConnectionOptions#setHttpExtraHeaders. If true, said headers will only be sent during the session creation process (and thus will still be available to the Metadata Adapter notifyUser method) but will not be sent on following requests. On the contrary, when set to true, the specified extra headers will be sent to the server on every request: as a consequence, if any extra header is actually specified, WebSockets will be disabled (as the current browser client API does not support the setting of custom HTTP headers).

Default value: false.

Lifecycle:This setting should be performed before calling the LightstreamerClient#connect method. However, the value can be changed at any time: the supplied value will be used for the next HTTP request or WebSocket establishment.

Notification: A change to this setting will be notified through a call to ClientListener#onPropertyChange with argument "httpExtraHeadersOnSessionCreationOnly" on any ClientListener listening to any LightstreamerClient sharing the same connection with the LightstreamerClient owning the ConnectionOptions upon which the setter was called .

Parameters:
Name Type Description
httpExtraHeadersOnSessionCreationOnly boolean true/false to enable/disable the restriction on extra headers forwarding.
Throws:
if a not boolean value is given.
Type
IllegalArgumentException

setIdleTimeout(idleTimeout)

Setter method that sets the maximum time the Server is allowed to wait for any data to be sent in response to a polling request, if none has accumulated at request time. Setting this time to a nonzero value and the polling interval to zero leads to an "asynchronous polling" behaviour, which, on low data rates, is very similar to the streaming case. Setting this time to zero and the polling interval to a nonzero value, on the other hand, leads to a classical "synchronous polling".
Note that the Server may, in some cases, delay the answer for more than the supplied time, to protect itself against a high polling rate or because of bandwidth restrictions. Also, the Server may impose an upper limit on the wait time, in order to be able to check for client-side connection drops.

Default value: 19000 (19 seconds).

Lifecycle: The idle timeout should be set before calling the LightstreamerClient#connect method. However, the value can be changed at any time: the supplied value will be used for the next polling request.

Notification: A change to this setting will be notified through a call to ClientListener#onPropertyChange with argument "idleTimeout" on any ClientListener listening to any LightstreamerClient sharing the same connection with the LightstreamerClient owning the ConnectionOptions upon which the setter was called .

Parameters:
Name Type Description
idleTimeout Number The time (in milliseconds) the Server is allowed to wait for data to send upon polling requests.
See:
Throws:
if a negative or a decimal or a not-number value is passed.
Type
IllegalArgumentException

setKeepaliveInterval(keepaliveInterval)

Setter method that sets the interval between two keepalive packets to be sent by Lightstreamer Server on a stream connection when no actual data is being transmitted. The Server may, however, impose a lower limit on the keepalive interval, in order to protect itself. Also, the Server may impose an upper limit on the keepalive interval, in order to be able to check for client-side connection drops. If 0 is specified, the interval will be decided by the Server.

Default value: 0 (meaning that the Server will send keepalive packets based on its own configuration).

Lifecycle: The keepalive interval should be set before calling the LightstreamerClient#connect method. However, the value can be changed at any time: the supplied value will be used for the next streaming connection (either a bind or a brand new session).
Note that, after a connection, the value may be changed to the one imposed by the Server.

Notification: A change to this setting will be notified through a call to ClientListener#onPropertyChange with argument "keepaliveInterval" on any ClientListener listening to any LightstreamerClient sharing the same connection with the LightstreamerClient owning the ConnectionOptions upon which the setter was called or that received the setting from the server .

Parameters:
Name Type Description
keepaliveInterval Number The time, expressed in milliseconds, between two keepalive packets, or 0.
Throws:
if a negative or a decimal or a not-number value is passed.
Type
IllegalArgumentException

setMaxBandwidth(maxBandwidth)

Setter method that sets the maximum bandwidth expressed in kilobits/s that can be consumed for the data coming from Lightstreamer Server. A limit on bandwidth may already be posed by the Metadata Adapter, but the client can furtherly restrict this limit. The limit applies to the bytes received in each streaming or polling connection.

Edition Note: Bandwidth Control is an optional feature, available depending on Edition and License Type. To know what features are enabled by your license, please see the License tab of the Monitoring Dashboard (by default, available at /dashboard).

Default value: "unlimited".

Lifecycle: The bandwidth limit can be set and changed at any time. If a connection is currently active, the bandwidth limit for the connection is changed on the fly.
Note that, after a connection, the value may be changed to the one imposed by the Server.

Notification: A change to this setting will be notified through a call to ClientListener#onPropertyChange with argument "maxBandwidth" on any ClientListener listening to any LightstreamerClient sharing the same connection with the LightstreamerClient owning the ConnectionOptions upon which the setter was called or that received the setting from the server .

Parameters:
Name Type Description
maxBandwidth Number The maximum bandwidth requested for the streaming or polling connection, expressed in kbps (kilobits/sec). The string "unlimited" is also allowed, to mean that the maximum bandwidth can be decided on the Server side (the check is case insensitive).
Throws:
if a negative, zero, or a not-number value (excluding special values) is passed.
Type
IllegalArgumentException

setPollingInterval(pollingInterval)

Setter method that sets the polling interval used for polling connections. The client switches from the default streaming mode to polling mode when the client network infrastructure does not allow streaming. Also, polling mode can be forced by calling ConnectionOptions#setForcedTransport with "WS-POLLING" or "HTTP-POLLING" as parameter.
The polling interval affects the rate at which polling requests are issued. It is the time between the start of a polling request and the start of the next request. However, if the polling interval expires before the first polling request has returned, then the second polling request is delayed. This may happen, for instance, when the Server delays the answer because of the idle timeout setting. In any case, the polling interval allows for setting an upper limit on the polling frequency.
The Server does not impose a lower limit on the client polling interval. However, in some cases, it may protect itself against a high polling rate by delaying its answer. Network limitations and configured bandwidth limits may also lower the polling rate, despite of the client polling interval.
The Server may, however, impose an upper limit on the polling interval, in order to be able to promptly detect terminated polling request sequences and discard related session information.

Default value: 0 (pure "asynchronous polling" is configured).

Lifecycle:The polling interval should be set before calling the LightstreamerClient#connect method. However, the value can be changed at any time: the supplied value will be used for the next polling request.
Note that, after each polling request, the value may be changed to the one imposed by the Server.

Notification: A change to this setting will be notified through a call to ClientListener#onPropertyChange with argument "pollingInterval" on any ClientListener listening to any LightstreamerClient sharing the same connection with the LightstreamerClient owning the ConnectionOptions upon which the setter was called or that received the setting from the server.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
pollingInterval Number The time (in milliseconds) between subsequent polling requests. Zero is a legal value too, meaning that the client will issue a new polling request as soon as a previous one has returned.
See:
Throws:
if a negative or a decimal or a not-number value is passed.
Type
IllegalArgumentException

setReconnectTimeout(reconnectTimeout)

Setter method that sets the time the client, after entering "STALLED" status, is allowed to keep waiting for a keepalive packet or any data on a stream connection, before disconnecting and trying to reconnect to the Server. The new connection may be either the opening of a new session or an attempt to recovery the current session, depending on the kind of interruption.

Default value: 3000 (3 seconds).

Lifecycle: This value can be set and changed at any time.

Notification: A change to this setting will be notified through a call to ClientListener#onPropertyChange with argument "reconnectTimeout" on any ClientListener listening to any LightstreamerClient sharing the same connection with the LightstreamerClient owning the ConnectionOptions upon which the setter was called .

Parameters:
Name Type Description
reconnectTimeout Number The idle time (in milliseconds) allowed in "STALLED" status before trying to reconnect to the Server.
See:
Throws:
if a negative, zero, or a not-number value is passed.
Type
IllegalArgumentException

setRetryDelay(retryDelay)

Setter method that sets
  1. the minimum time to wait before trying a new connection to the Server in case the previous one failed for any reason; and
  2. the maximum time to wait for a response to a request before dropping the connection and trying with a different approach.

Enforcing a delay between reconnections prevents strict loops of connection attempts when these attempts always fail immediately because of some persisting issue. This applies both to reconnections aimed at opening a new session and to reconnections aimed at attempting a recovery of the current session.
Note that the delay is calculated from the moment the effort to create a connection is made, not from the moment the failure is detected. As a consequence, when a working connection is interrupted, this timeout is usually already consumed and the new attempt can be immediate (except that ConnectionOptions#setFirstRetryMaxDelay will apply in this case). As another consequence, when a connection attempt gets no answer and times out, the new attempt will be immediate.

As a timeout on unresponsive connections, it is applied in these cases:

  • Streaming: Applied on any attempt to setup the streaming connection. If after the timeout no data has arrived on the stream connection, the client may automatically switch transport or may resort to a polling connection.
  • Polling and pre-flight requests: Applied on every connection. If after the timeout no data has arrived on the polling connection, the entire connection process restarts from scratch.

This setting imposes only a minimum delay. In order to avoid network congestion, the library may use a longer delay if the issue preventing the establishment of a session persists.

Default value: 4000 (4 seconds).

Lifecycle: This value can be set and changed at any time.

Notification: A change to this setting will be notified through a call to ClientListener#onPropertyChange with argument "retryDelay" on any ClientListener listening to any LightstreamerClient sharing the same connection with the LightstreamerClient owning the ConnectionOptions upon which the setter was called .

Parameters:
Name Type Description
retryDelay Number The time (in milliseconds) to wait before trying a new connection.
See:
Throws:
if a negative, zero, or a not-number value is passed.
Type
IllegalArgumentException

setReverseHeartbeatInterval(reverseHeartbeatInterval)

Setter method that enables/disables the reverse-heartbeat mechanism by setting the heartbeat interval. If the given value (expressed in milliseconds) equals 0 then the reverse-heartbeat mechanism will be disabled; otherwise if the given value is greater than 0 the mechanism will be enabled with the specified interval.
When the mechanism is active, the client will ensure that there is at most the specified interval between a control request and the following one, by sending empty control requests (the "reverse heartbeats") if necessary.
This can serve various purposes:
  • Preventing the communication infrastructure from closing an inactive socket that is ready for reuse for more HTTP control requests, to avoid connection reestablishment overhead. However it is not guaranteed that the connection will be kept open, as the underlying TCP implementation may open a new socket each time a HTTP request needs to be sent.
    Note that this will be done only when a session is in place.
  • Allowing the Server to detect when a streaming connection or Websocket is interrupted but not closed. In these cases, the client eventually closes the connection, but the Server cannot see that (the connection remains "half-open") and just keeps trying to write. This is done by notifying the timeout to the Server upon each streaming request. For long polling, the ConnectionOptions#setIdleTimeout setting has a similar function.
  • Allowing the Server to detect cases in which the client has closed a connection in HTTP streaming, but the socket is kept open by some intermediate node, which keeps consuming the response. This is also done by notifying the timeout to the Server upon each streaming request, whereas, for long polling, the ConnectionOptions#setIdleTimeout setting has a similar function.

Default value: 0 (meaning that the mechanism is disabled).

Lifecycle: This setting should be performed before calling the LightstreamerClient#connect method. However, the value can be changed at any time: the setting will be obeyed immediately, unless a higher heartbeat frequency was notified to the Server for the current connection. The setting will always be obeyed upon the next connection (either a bind or a brand new session).

Notification: A change to this setting will be notified through a call to ClientListener#onPropertyChange with argument "reverseHeartbeatInterval" on any ClientListener listening to any LightstreamerClient sharing the same connection with the LightstreamerClient owning the ConnectionOptions upon which the setter was called .

Parameters:
Name Type Description
reverseHeartbeatInterval Number the interval, expressed in milliseconds, between subsequent reverse-heartbeats, or 0.
Throws:
if a negative, decimal or a not-number value is passed.
Type
IllegalArgumentException

setServerInstanceAddressIgnored(serverInstanceAddressIgnored)

Setter method that can be used to disable/enable the automatic handling of server instance address that may be returned by the Lightstreamer server during session creation.
In fact, when a Server cluster is in place, the Server address specified through ConnectionDetails#setServerAddress can identify various Server instances; in order to ensure that all requests related to a session are issued to the same Server instance, the Server can answer to the session opening request by providing an address which uniquely identifies its own instance.
Setting this value to true permits to ignore that address and to always connect through the address supplied in setServerAddress. This may be needed in a test environment, if the Server address specified is actually a local address to a specific Server instance in the cluster.

Edition Note: Server Clustering is an optional feature, available depending on Edition and License Type. To know what features are enabled by your license, please see the License tab of the Monitoring Dashboard (by default, available at /dashboard).

Default value: false.

Lifecycle:This method can be called at any time. If called while connected, it will be applied when the next session creation request is issued.

Notification: A change to this setting will be notified through a call to ClientListener#onPropertyChange with argument "serverInstanceAddressIgnored" on any ClientListener listening to any LightstreamerClient sharing the same connection with the LightstreamerClient owning the ConnectionOptions upon which the setter was called .

Parameters:
Name Type Description
serverInstanceAddressIgnored boolean true or false, to ignore or not the server instance address sent by the server.
See:
Throws:
if a not boolean value is given.
Type
IllegalArgumentException

setSessionRecoveryTimeout(sessionRecoveryTimeout)

Setter method that sets the maximum time allowed for attempts to recover the current session upon an interruption, after which a new session will be created. If the given value (expressed in milliseconds) equals 0, then any attempt to recover the current session will be prevented in the first place.
In fact, in an attempt to recover the current session, the client will periodically try to access the Server at the address related with the current session. In some cases, this timeout, by enforcing a fresh connection attempt, may prevent an infinite sequence of unsuccessful attempts to access the Server.
Note that, when the Server is reached, the recovery may fail due to a Server side timeout on the retention of the session and the updates sent. In that case, a new session will be created anyway. A setting smaller than the Server timeouts may prevent such useless failures, but, if too small, it may also prevent successful recovery in some cases.

Default value: 15000 (15 seconds).

Lifecycle: This value can be set and changed at any time.

Notification: A change to this setting will be notified through a call to ClientListener#onPropertyChange with argument "sessionRecoveryTimeout" on any ClientListener listening to any LightstreamerClient sharing the same connection with the LightstreamerClient owning the ConnectionOptions upon which the setter was called .

Parameters:
Name Type Description
sessionRecoveryTimeout Number the maximum time allowed for recovery attempts, expressed in milliseconds, including 0.
Throws:
if a negative, decimal or a not-number value is passed.
Type
IllegalArgumentException

setSlowingEnabled(slowingEnabled)

Setter method that turns on or off the slowing algorithm. This heuristic algorithm tries to detect when the client CPU is not able to keep the pace of the events sent by the Server on a streaming connection. In that case, an automatic transition to polling is performed.
In polling, the client handles all the data before issuing the next poll, hence a slow client would just delay the polls, while the Server accumulates and merges the events and ensures that no obsolete data is sent.
Only in very slow clients, the next polling request may be so much delayed that the Server disposes the session first, because of its protection timeouts. In this case, a request for a fresh session will be reissued by the client and this may happen in cycle.

Default value: false.

Lifecycle:This setting should be performed before calling the LightstreamerClient#connect method. However, the value can be changed at any time: the supplied value will be used for the next streaming connection (either a bind or a brand new session).

Notification: A change to this setting will be notified through a call to ClientListener#onPropertyChange with argument "slowingEnabled" on any ClientListener listening to any LightstreamerClient sharing the same connection with the LightstreamerClient owning the ConnectionOptions upon which the setter was called .

Parameters:
Name Type Description
slowingEnabled boolean true or false, to enable or disable the heuristic algorithm that lowers the item update frequency.
Throws:
if a not boolean value is given.
Type
IllegalArgumentException

setStalledTimeout(stalledTimeout)

Setter method that sets the extra time the client is allowed to wait when an expected keepalive packet has not been received on a stream connection (and no actual data has arrived), before entering the "STALLED" status.

Default value: 2000 (2 seconds).

Lifecycle: This value can be set and changed at any time.

Notification: A change to this setting will be notified through a call to ClientListener#onPropertyChange with argument "stalledTimeout" on any ClientListener listening to any LightstreamerClient sharing the same connection with the LightstreamerClient owning the ConnectionOptions upon which the setter was called .

Parameters:
Name Type Description
stalledTimeout Number The idle time (in milliseconds) allowed before entering the "STALLED" status.
See:
Throws:
if a negative, zero, or a not-number value is passed.
Type
IllegalArgumentException