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Re: [hybi] Support for sub-protocols on the WebSocket API?

Clebert Suconic <clebert.suconic@gmail.com> Fri, 09 September 2011 18:32 UTC

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Subject: Re: [hybi] Support for sub-protocols on the WebSocket API?
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On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 4:42 PM, John Tamplin <jat@google.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Clebert Suconic <clebert.suconic@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I was looking for a way to send a custom opcode on a subprotocol, ...
>
> A subprotocol does not allow you to define new opcodes -- you can however,
> define how those payloads are to be interpreted (ie, send everything as
> OPCODE_BINARY, and then process it how you like).
> --

What about session 11.8 on the websocket-protocol:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-hybi-thewebsocketprotocol-14#section-11.8


If I wanted to create an extension (a sub-protocol), I would be able
to use additional opcodes, right?

Or there's another interpretation here?

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