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Examples

There are several examples to help your experience with Netty. It is recommended to start from the first one and to finish to the last one. You also might want to browse the complete list of examples (5.x, 4.x, and 3.x)

• 3.x
• 4.x
• 5.x

Examples for version 3.x

Fundamental

• Echo - the very basic client and server
• Discard - prevent OutOfMemoryError which is caused by writing too fast
• UpTime - implement reliable client-side reconnection

Text protocols

• Telnet - a classic line-based network application
• Quote of the Moment - broadcast UDP/IP client and server
• SecureChat - an SSL-based chat server derived from the Telnet example

Binary protocols

• ObjectEcho - exchange serializable Java objects
• Factorial - write a stateful client / server based on custom binary protocol
• LocalTime - rapid protocol prototyping with Google Protocol Buffers integration

HTTP

• HTTP (Snoop) - build your own extremely light-weight HTTP client and server
• HTTP (File Server) - asynchronous large file streaming in HTTP
• Web Socket Client & Server - add two-way full-duplex communication channels to HTTP using Web Sockets protocol

Advanced

• Proxy Server - write a highly efficient NIO proxy server
• Port Unification - run heterogeneous services listening on a single port

Examples for version 4.x

Fundamental

• Echo - the very basic client and server
• Discard - prevent OutOfMemoryError which is caused by writing too fast
• UpTime - implement reliable client-side reconnection

Text protocols

• Telnet - a classic line-based network application
• Quote of the Moment - broadcast UDP/IP client and server
• SecureChat - an SSL-based chat server derived from the Telnet example

Binary protocols

• ObjectEcho - exchange serializable Java objects
• Factorial - write a stateful client / server based on custom binary protocol
• WorldClock - rapid protocol prototyping with Google Protocol Buffers integration

HTTP

• HTTP (Snoop) - build your own extremely light-weight HTTP client and server
• HTTP (File Server) - asynchronous large file streaming in HTTP
• Web Socket Client & Server - add two-way full-duplex communication channels to HTTP using Web Sockets protocol

Advanced

• Proxy Server - write a highly efficient NIO proxy server
• Port Unification - run heterogeneous services listening on a single port

UDT

• Byte Streams - use UDT in TCP-like bytes streaming mode
• Message Flows - use UDT in UDP-like guaranteed message delivery mode
• Rendezvous message flow Connect - use UDT in symmetric peer-to-peer message flow rendezvous connect mode
• Rendezvous byte stream Connect - use UDT in symmetric peer-to-peer byte stream rendezvous connect mode

Examples for version 5.x

Fundamental

• Echo - the very basic client and server
• Discard - prevent OutOfMemoryError which is caused by writing too fast
• UpTime - implement reliable client-side reconnection

Text protocols

• Telnet - a classic line-based network application
• Quote of the Moment - broadcast UDP/IP client and server
• SecureChat - an SSL-based chat server derived from the Telnet example

Binary protocols

• ObjectEcho - exchange serializable Java objects
• Factorial - write a stateful client / server based on custom binary protocol
• WorldClock - rapid protocol prototyping with Google Protocol Buffers integration

HTTP

• HTTP (Snoop) - build your own extremely light-weight HTTP client and server
• HTTP (File Server) - asynchronous large file streaming in HTTP
• Web Socket Client & Server - add two-way full-duplex communication channels to HTTP using Web Sockets protocol

Advanced

• Proxy Server - write a highly efficient NIO proxy server
• Port Unification - run heterogeneous services listening on a single port

UDT

• Byte Streams - use UDT in TCP-like bytes streaming mode
• Message Flows - use UDT in UDP-like guaranteed message delivery mode
• Rendezvous message flow Connect - use UDT in symmetric peer-to-peer message flow rendezvous connect mode
• Rendezvous byte stream Connect - use UDT in symmetric peer-to-peer byte stream rendezvous connect mode