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package io.netty.example.echo;

import io.netty.bootstrap.Bootstrap;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelInitializer;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelOption;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline;
import io.netty.channel.EventLoopGroup;
import io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup;
import io.netty.channel.socket.SocketChannel;
import io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioSocketChannel;
import io.netty.handler.ssl.SslContext;
import io.netty.handler.ssl.SslContextBuilder;
import io.netty.handler.ssl.util.InsecureTrustManagerFactory;

Sends one message when a connection is open and echoes back any received data to the server. Simply put, the echo client initiates the ping-pong traffic between the echo client and server by sending the first message to the server.
/** * Sends one message when a connection is open and echoes back any received * data to the server. Simply put, the echo client initiates the ping-pong * traffic between the echo client and server by sending the first message to * the server. */
public final class EchoClient { static final boolean SSL = System.getProperty("ssl") != null; static final String HOST = System.getProperty("host", "127.0.0.1"); static final int PORT = Integer.parseInt(System.getProperty("port", "8007")); static final int SIZE = Integer.parseInt(System.getProperty("size", "256")); public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { // Configure SSL.git final SslContext sslCtx; if (SSL) { sslCtx = SslContextBuilder.forClient() .trustManager(InsecureTrustManagerFactory.INSTANCE).build(); } else { sslCtx = null; } // Configure the client. EventLoopGroup group = new NioEventLoopGroup(); try { Bootstrap b = new Bootstrap(); b.group(group) .channel(NioSocketChannel.class) .option(ChannelOption.TCP_NODELAY, true) .handler(new ChannelInitializer<SocketChannel>() { @Override public void initChannel(SocketChannel ch) throws Exception { ChannelPipeline p = ch.pipeline(); if (sslCtx != null) { p.addLast(sslCtx.newHandler(ch.alloc(), HOST, PORT)); } //p.addLast(new LoggingHandler(LogLevel.INFO)); p.addLast(new EchoClientHandler()); } }); // Start the client. ChannelFuture f = b.connect(HOST, PORT).sync(); // Wait until the connection is closed. f.channel().closeFuture().sync(); } finally { // Shut down the event loop to terminate all threads. group.shutdownGracefully(); } } }