danbev/netty4_example

Netty 4 example project

This is a very basic examples to get familiar with Netty4 (4.0.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT).

Simple Client/Server example

The example consists of a server and a client. The client starts up and waits for input from the users, which the client will send to the server which simply logs the messages to the console.

Building

Gradle 1.0 is used to build and run this project.

Start the server

./gradlew server

Start the client

In a new console window start the client using the following command.

./gradlew client

After the client is started it will display the following message:

Enter line to be sent (exit to quit):

Enter a line of text and press enter. This line of text should now be displayed by the server console.

WebSocket example

The server side of this example was taken from the Netty project's example and only slightly modified. It does not have a Netty client but insteads provides a HTML5 UI.

Start the WebSocket server

./gradlew wsserver

Run the client

Start a browser and open the file src/main/webapp/websocket.html.

The example has been tested with Chrome 19.0.1084.56, Firefox 10.0.2, and Safari 5.1.1.