ByteBuf() — netty Function Reference

Architecture documentation for the ByteBuf() function in MessageToByteEncoder.java from the netty codebase.

Function java Buffer Allocators

Entity Profile

Buffer→ Allocators→ ByteBuf() — netty Function Reference

Dependency Diagram

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  6ad42fc0_00a3_8197_5a78_7612fc3a4a60["ByteBuf()"]
  3f1af45c_e168_cac3_b1c5_69c45a971df1["MessageToByteEncoder"]
  6ad42fc0_00a3_8197_5a78_7612fc3a4a60 -->|defined in| 3f1af45c_e168_cac3_b1c5_69c45a971df1
  style 6ad42fc0_00a3_8197_5a78_7612fc3a4a60 fill:#6366f1,stroke:#818cf8,color:#fff

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Source Code

codec-base/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/MessageToByteEncoder.java lines 137–144

    protected ByteBuf allocateBuffer(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, @SuppressWarnings("unused") I msg,
                               boolean preferDirect) throws Exception {
        if (preferDirect) {
            return ctx.alloc().ioBuffer();
        } else {
            return ctx.alloc().heapBuffer();
        }
    }