netty三大件之Channel详解

netty之Channel详解

先祭出netty的架构概况图

BIO传统的做法是，InputStream和OutputStream接口，一个字节一个字节的读取传输，读取完毕关闭连接。NIO跟BIO最大的区别是，NIO有管道（channel）的概念，开启一个管道，传送一批数据，管道里面的Selector充当列车的角色，这个列车来回传输数据。
我们先看一个接口Channel。

/**
 * A nexus for I/O operations.
 *
 * <p> A channel represents an open connection to an entity such as a hardware
 * device, a file, a network socket, or a program component that is capable of
 * performing one or more distinct I/O operations, for example reading or
 * writing.
 *
 * <p> A channel is either open or closed.  A channel is open upon creation,
 * and once closed it remains closed.  Once a channel is closed, any attempt to
 * invoke an I/O operation upon it will cause a {@li