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Motivation: Class.forName() documents that null will use bootstrap loader: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html#forName-java.lang.String-boolean-java.lang.ClassLoader- But the link between "null" and bootstrap loader is even more explicit in ClassLoader's documentation: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/ClassLoader.html#getParent-- The current code is trying to use the bootstrap loader but seems to have not been aware of the meaning of null. Modifications: Use "null" as the class loader when we want to load classes in the bootstrap loader. Result: More reliable ALPN/NPN loading and simpler code.
Netty Project
Netty is an asynchronous event-driven network application framework for rapid development of maintainable high performance protocol servers & clients.
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How to build
For the detailed information about building and developing Netty, please visit the developer guide. This page only gives very basic information.
You require the following to build Netty:
- Latest stable Oracle JDK 7
- Latest stable Apache Maven
- If you are on Linux, you need additional development packages installed on your system, because you'll build the native transport.
Note that this is build-time requirement. JDK 5 (for 3.x) or 6 (for 4.0+) is enough to run your Netty-based application.
Branches to look
The 'master' branch is where the development of the latest major version lives on. The development of all other versions takes place in each branch whose name is identical to <majorVersion>.<minorVersion>. For example, the development of 3.9 and 4.0 resides in the branch '3.9' and the branch '4.0' respectively.