Netty in Action

Part 1. Netty concepts and architecture

Netty is an advanced framework for creating high-performance networking applications. In part 1 we’ll explore its capabilities in depth and demonstrate three main points:

• You don’t have to be a networking expert to build applications with Netty.
• Using Netty is much easier than using the underlying Java APIs directly.
• Netty promotes good design practices, such as keeping your application logic decoupled from the network layer.

In chapter 1, we’ll begin with a summary of the evolution of Java networking. After we’ve reviewed the basic concepts of asynchronous communications and event-driven processing we’ll take a first look at Netty’s core components. You’ll be ready to build your first Netty application ...