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package io.netty.example.objectecho;

import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

Handler implementation for the object echo client. It initiates the ping-pong traffic between the object echo client and server by sending the first message to the server.
/** * Handler implementation for the object echo client. It initiates the * ping-pong traffic between the object echo client and server by sending the * first message to the server. */
public class ObjectEchoClientHandler extends ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter { private final List<Integer> firstMessage;
Creates a client-side handler.
/** * Creates a client-side handler. */
public ObjectEchoClientHandler() { firstMessage = new ArrayList<Integer>(ObjectEchoClient.SIZE); for (int i = 0; i < ObjectEchoClient.SIZE; i ++) { firstMessage.add(Integer.valueOf(i)); } } @Override public void channelActive(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) { // Send the first message if this handler is a client-side handler. ctx.writeAndFlush(firstMessage); } @Override public void channelRead(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msg) { // Echo back the received object to the server. ctx.write(msg); } @Override public void channelReadComplete(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) { ctx.flush(); } @Override public void exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Throwable cause) { cause.printStackTrace(); ctx.close(); } }