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package io.netty.example.sctp;

import io.netty.bootstrap.Bootstrap;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelInitializer;
import io.netty.channel.EventLoopGroup;
import io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup;
import io.netty.channel.sctp.SctpChannel;
import io.netty.channel.sctp.SctpChannelOption;
import io.netty.channel.sctp.nio.NioSctpChannel;

Sends one message when a connection is open and echoes back any received data to the server over SCTP connection. 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 over SCTP connection. * * 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 SctpEchoClient { 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 the client. EventLoopGroup group = new NioEventLoopGroup(); try { Bootstrap b = new Bootstrap(); b.group(group) .channel(NioSctpChannel.class) .option(SctpChannelOption.SCTP_NODELAY, true) .handler(new ChannelInitializer<SctpChannel>() { @Override public void initChannel(SctpChannel ch) throws Exception { ch.pipeline().addLast( //new LoggingHandler(LogLevel.INFO), new SctpEchoClientHandler()); } }); // 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(); } } }