Binding socket.io to a hapi.js plugin in node.js

plugin.js

var socketIO = require('socket.io'),
	io;
 
// hapi plugin registration
exports.register = function(plugin, options, next) {
	// this is the hapi specific binding
	io = socketIO.listen(plugin.servers[0].listener);
	
	io.sockets.on('connection', function(socket) {
		socket.emit({msg: 'welcome'});
	});
	
	next();
};