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Tom Sebastian
Tom Sebastian

Reputation: 3433

Channel vs Connection in netty

Hi I am new to jBoss netty.I was doing a sample using ClientBootStrap and ServerBootStrap and both of them posses individual ChannelFactory instances.

My confusion is that when the client connect to server, is this connection called the Channel ? or the client and server sides will keep separate Channels and client Channel connect to Server Channel?.

Can anyone clarify it.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2163

Answers (1)

user207421
user207421

Reputation: 311050

The connection is between the two channels. The word 'channel' comes from NIO, and it's a poor choice, when you think about it. 'Socket' expresses it better: it's an endpoint of a connection.

Upvotes: 3

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