* Made ChannelConfig.setOption() public

src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/ChannelConfig.java

@@ -78,6 +78,28 @@ public interface ChannelConfig {
      */
     void setOptions(Map<String, Object> options);
 
+    /**
+     * Sets a configuration property with the specified name and value.
+     * To override this method properly, you must call the super class:
+     * <pre>
+     * public boolean setOption(String name, Object value) {
+     *     if (super.setOption(name, value)) {
+     *         return true;
+     *     }
+     *
+     *     if (name.equals("additionalOption")) {
+     *         ....
+     *         return true;
+     *     }
+     *
+     *     return false;
+     * }
+     * </pre>
+     *
+     * @return {@code true} if and only if the property has been set
+     */
+    boolean setOption(String name, Object value);
+
     ChannelBufferFactory getBufferFactory();
 
     void setBufferFactory(ChannelBufferFactory bufferFactory);

src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultChannelConfig.java

@@ -56,11 +56,7 @@ public class DefaultChannelConfig implements ChannelConfig {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Sets an individual option.  You can override this method to support
-     * additional configuration parameters.
-     */
-    protected boolean setOption(String key, Object value) {
+    public boolean setOption(String key, Object value) {
         if (key.equals("pipelineFactory")) {
             setPipelineFactory((ChannelPipelineFactory) value);
         } else if (key.equals("bufferFactory")) {

src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultServerChannelConfig.java

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class DefaultServerChannelConfig implements ChannelConfig {
      * Sets an individual option.  You can override this method to support
      * additional configuration parameters.
      */
-    protected boolean setOption(String key, Object value) {
+    public boolean setOption(String key, Object value) {
         if (key.equals("pipelineFactory")) {
             setPipelineFactory((ChannelPipelineFactory) value);
         } else if (key.equals("bufferFactory")) {

src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/DefaultServerSocketChannelConfig.java

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class DefaultServerSocketChannelConfig extends DefaultServerChannelConfig
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected boolean setOption(String key, Object value) {
+    public boolean setOption(String key, Object value) {
         if (super.setOption(key, value)) {
             return true;
         }

src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/DefaultSocketChannelConfig.java

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class DefaultSocketChannelConfig extends DefaultChannelConfig
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected boolean setOption(String key, Object value) {
+    public boolean setOption(String key, Object value) {
         if (super.setOption(key, value)) {
             return true;
         }

src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/http/HttpTunnelingSocketChannelConfig.java

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ final class HttpTunnelingSocketChannelConfig extends DefaultChannelConfig
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected boolean setOption(String key, Object value) {
+    public boolean setOption(String key, Object value) {
         if (key.equals("receiveBufferSize")) {
             setReceiveBufferSize(ConversionUtil.toInt(value));
         } else if (key.equals("sendBufferSize")) {

src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/DefaultNioSocketChannelConfig.java

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class DefaultNioSocketChannelConfig extends DefaultSocketChannelConfig
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected boolean setOption(String key, Object value) {
+    public boolean setOption(String key, Object value) {
         if (super.setOption(key, value)) {
             return true;
         }