Using Google Protocol Buffers with Java NIO?

Question

I'm currently playing around with java.nio, which I haven't been using for a long time. I use Google Protocol Buffers for serialization and for communication with other parts of my system. Now I can't figure out if/how it is possible to get use protobuffers with java.nio classes.

I can't imagine that Google is using only "one thread per connection" with networked protocol buffers. Could anyone give me a pointer on how to integrate the two?

Thanks in advance!
Martin

Answer 1

I suggest Netty, specifically this example that is Netty using ProtoBufs.