Heartbeat Between Netty Client and Server Using IdleStateHandler
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Introduction
In a previous Netty demo, we explored basic communication between a client and server. This article introduces heartbeat handling in Netty. Unlike Mina, where a KeepAliveMessageFactory was extended, Netty provides the IdleStateHandler class, which can detect three types of idle states: readerIdleTime, writerIdleTime, and a ...
Posted on Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:49:43 +0000 by Twister1004