Can a server written using Netty handle requests from non-netty based clients

[Marc-André Laverdière]

Well, its pretty simple.

Netty doesn't force you to have any given protocol or message format.
So you can design your own protocol and netty can 'talk' it. As long
as you code your other peer to 'speak' the exact same protocol and
message format, then they can have a conversation.

So you must define your state machine and your message. Example:
Bytes 0-1 are the length
Byte 2 is the message type
Bytes 3-6 are the sequence number
...

Marc-André LAVERDIÈRE
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2010/7/19 Noopur Tiwari <noopur_tiwari at persistent.co.in>:
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> Hey Thanks Norman,
>
> Can u please elaborate a little explaining what exactly the client will have to adhere to.
>
> Bets regards,
> Noopur
>
> From: Norman Maurer [via Netty Forums and Mailing Lists] [mailto:ml-node+5308578-137546763-606547 at n2.nabble.com]
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> To make it short..... Yes. As long as they know how to handle the protocol
>
> Bye
> Norman
> 2010/7/18, Noopur Tiwari <[hidden email]</user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5308578&i=0>>:
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>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have a business requirement where I have to write a Server for secured NIO
>> communication.After going through the documentation I am sure I can use
>> Netty for writing my Server side implemetation, but the constraint here is
>> that I cannot impose a compulsion on clients to essentially make use of
>> Netty. Just wanted to know that can a server written using Netty handle
>> requests from non-netty (but NIO) based clients a well.
>> Thanks in advance.
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