Documentation

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Get started with the user guide and the API reference below. Also, feel free to join the community to get more information.

Examples

There are several examples to help your experience with Netty. It is recommended to start from the first one and to finish to the last one. Fundamental Echo - the very basic client and server Discard - prevent OutOfMemoryError which is caused by writing too fast UpTime - implement reliable client-side reconnection Text protocols Telnet - a classic line-based network application Quote of the Moment - broadcast UDP/IP client and server SecureChat - an SSL-based chat server derived from the Telnet example Binary protocols ObjectEcho - exchange serializable Java objects Factorial - write a stateful client / server based on custom binary protocol HTTP HTTP (Snoop) - build your own extremely light-weight HTTP client and server HTTP (File Server) - asynchronous large file streaming in HTTP Web Sockets - add two-way full-duplex communication channels to HTTP using Web Sockets protocol Cool stuff LocalTime - rapid protocol prototyping with Google Protocol Buffers integration Advanced Proxy Server - write a highly efficient NIO proxy server Port Unification - run heterogenous services listening on a single port