package com.baeldung.netty; import io.netty.bootstrap.Bootstrap; import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture; import io.netty.channel.ChannelInitializer; import io.netty.channel.ChannelOption; import io.netty.channel.EventLoopGroup; import io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup; import io.netty.channel.socket.SocketChannel; import io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioSocketChannel; public class NettyClient { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { String host = "localhost"; int port = 8080; EventLoopGroup workerGroup = new NioEventLoopGroup(); try { Bootstrap b = new Bootstrap(); b.group(workerGroup); b.channel(NioSocketChannel.class); b.option(ChannelOption.SO_KEEPALIVE, true); b.handler(new ChannelInitializer() { @Override public void initChannel(SocketChannel ch) throws Exception { ch.pipeline().addLast(new RequestDataEncoder(), new ResponseDataDecoder(), new ClientHandler()); } }); ChannelFuture f = b.connect(host, port).sync(); f.channel().closeFuture().sync(); } finally { workerGroup.shutdownGracefully(); } } }