CustomClient.java

package com.lyncc.netty.codec.lengthFieldBasedFrame;

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 CustomClient {
    
    static final String HOST = System.getProperty("host", "127.0.0.1");
    static final int PORT = Integer.parseInt(System.getProperty("port", "8080"));
    static final int SIZE = Integer.parseInt(System.getProperty("size", "256"));

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

        // Configure the client.
        EventLoopGroup group = new NioEventLoopGroup();
        try {
            Bootstrap b = new Bootstrap();
            b.group(group)
             .channel(NioSocketChannel.class)
             .option(ChannelOption.TCP_NODELAY, true)
             .handler(new ChannelInitializer<SocketChannel>() {
                 @Override
                 public void initChannel(SocketChannel ch) throws Exception {
                     ch.pipeline().addLast(new CustomEncoder());
                     ch.pipeline().addLast(new CustomClientHandler());
                 }
             });

            ChannelFuture future = b.connect(HOST, PORT).sync();
            future.channel().writeAndFlush("Hello Netty Server ,I am a common client");
            future.channel().closeFuture().sync();
        } finally {
            group.shutdownGracefully();
        }
    }

}