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## SocketIoServer.route() method

Register a socketio controller

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
route(controllerClass: Constructor<object>, meta?: SocketIoMetadata | string | RegExp): SocketIO.Server | SocketIO.Namespace;
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  controllerClass | [Constructor](./context.constructor.md)<!-- -->&lt;object&gt; |  |
|  meta | [SocketIoMetadata](./socketio.socketiometadata.md) \| string \| RegExp |  |

<b>Returns:</b>

SocketIO.Server \| SocketIO.Namespace