January 2018
Intermediate to advanced
414 pages
10h 29m
English
Netty was originally developed by JBoss with the idea to create a Client-Server Framework that allows us to perform non-blocking IO operations. To archive this capability, we use a message-driven implementation of the reactor pattern. Nowadays, it is supported by an extensive open source community.
Netty includes support for major algorithm and protocols such as HTTP, SSL/TSL, or DNS, but adds support for modern protocols such as HTTP/2, WebSocket, or Google Protocol Buffers. This is just a summary of some of Netty's capabilities.
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