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package io.netty.example.echo;

import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter;

Handler implementation for the echo client. It initiates the ping-pong traffic between the echo client and server by sending the first message to the server.
/** * Handler implementation for the echo client. It initiates the ping-pong * traffic between the echo client and server by sending the first message to * the server. */
public class EchoClientHandler extends ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter { private final ByteBuf firstMessage;
Creates a client-side handler.
/** * Creates a client-side handler. */
public EchoClientHandler() { firstMessage = Unpooled.buffer(EchoClient.SIZE); for (int i = 0; i < firstMessage.capacity(); i ++) { firstMessage.writeByte((byte) i); } } @Override public void channelActive(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) { ctx.writeAndFlush(firstMessage); } @Override public void channelRead(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msg) { ctx.write(msg); } @Override public void channelReadComplete(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) { ctx.flush(); } @Override public void exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Throwable cause) { // Close the connection when an exception is raised. cause.printStackTrace(); ctx.close(); } }