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package io.netty.handler.codec.protobuf;

import com.google.protobuf.Message;
import com.google.protobuf.MessageLite;
import com.google.protobuf.MessageLiteOrBuilder;
import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandler.Sharable;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline;
import io.netty.handler.codec.LengthFieldBasedFrameDecoder;
import io.netty.handler.codec.LengthFieldPrepender;
import io.netty.handler.codec.MessageToMessageEncoder;

import java.util.List;

import static io.netty.buffer.Unpooled.*;

Encodes the requested Google Protocol Buffers Message and MessageLite into a ByteBuf. A typical setup for TCP/IP would be:
ChannelPipeline pipeline = ...; // Decoders pipeline.addLast("frameDecoder", new LengthFieldBasedFrameDecoder(1048576, 0, 4, 0, 4)); pipeline.addLast("protobufDecoder", new ProtobufDecoder(MyMessage.getDefaultInstance())); // Encoder pipeline.addLast("frameEncoder", new LengthFieldPrepender(4)); pipeline.addLast("protobufEncoder", new ProtobufEncoder()); 
and then you can use a MyMessage instead of a ByteBuf as a message:
void channelRead(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msg) { MyMessage req = (MyMessage) msg; MyMessage res = MyMessage.newBuilder().setText( "Did you say '" + req.getText() + "'?").build(); ch.write(res); } 
/** * Encodes the requested <a href="https://github.com/google/protobuf">Google * Protocol Buffers</a> {@link Message} and {@link MessageLite} into a * {@link ByteBuf}. A typical setup for TCP/IP would be: * <pre> * {@link ChannelPipeline} pipeline = ...; * * // Decoders * pipeline.addLast("frameDecoder", * new {@link LengthFieldBasedFrameDecoder}(1048576, 0, 4, 0, 4)); * pipeline.addLast("protobufDecoder", * new {@link ProtobufDecoder}(MyMessage.getDefaultInstance())); * * // Encoder * pipeline.addLast("frameEncoder", new {@link LengthFieldPrepender}(4)); * pipeline.addLast("protobufEncoder", new {@link ProtobufEncoder}()); * </pre> * and then you can use a {@code MyMessage} instead of a {@link ByteBuf} * as a message: * <pre> * void channelRead({@link ChannelHandlerContext} ctx, Object msg) { * MyMessage req = (MyMessage) msg; * MyMessage res = MyMessage.newBuilder().setText( * "Did you say '" + req.getText() + "'?").build(); * ch.write(res); * } * </pre> */
@Sharable public class ProtobufEncoder extends MessageToMessageEncoder<MessageLiteOrBuilder> { @Override protected void encode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, MessageLiteOrBuilder msg, List<Object> out) throws Exception { if (msg instanceof MessageLite) { out.add(wrappedBuffer(((MessageLite) msg).toByteArray())); return; } if (msg instanceof MessageLite.Builder) { out.add(wrappedBuffer(((MessageLite.Builder) msg).build().toByteArray())); } } }