Chapter 7. EventLoop and threading model
This chapter covers
- Threading model overview
- Event loop concept and implementation
- Task scheduling
- Implementation details
Simply stated, a threading model specifies key aspects of thread management in the context of an OS, programming language, framework, or application. How and when threads are created obviously has a significant impact on the execution of application code, so developers need to understand the trade-offs associated with different models. This is true whether they choose the model themselves or acquire it implicitly via the adoption of a language or framework.
In this chapter we’ll examine Netty’s threading model in detail. It’s powerful but easy to use and, as usual with Netty, ...
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