Network Transport Extension

Expansion Description

Realization of remote communication server and client transmission.

Extension ports

  • org.apache.dubbo.remoting.Transporter
  • org.apache.dubbo.remoting.Server
  • org.apache.dubbo.remoting.Client

Extended configuration

<!-- server and client use the same transport implementation -->
<dubbo:protocol transporter="xxx" />
<!-- server and client use different transport implementations -->
<dubbo:protocol server="xxx" client="xxx" />
<!-- Default value setting, when <dubbo:protocol> is not configured with transporter/server/client attribute, use this configuration -->
<dubbo:provider transporter="xxx" server="xxx" client="xxx" />

Known extensions

  • org.apache.dubbo.remoting.transport.transporter.netty.NettyTransporter
  • org.apache.dubbo.remoting.transport.transporter.mina.MinaTransporter
  • org.apache.dubbo.remoting.transport.transporter.grizzly.GrizzlyTransporter

Extended example

Maven project structure:

src
 |-main
    |-java
        |-com
            |-xxx
                |-XxxTransporter.java (implements the Transporter interface)
                |-XxxServer.java (implement Server interface)
                |-XxxClient.java (implement Client interface)
    |-resources
        |-META-INF
            |-dubbo
                |-org.apache.dubbo.remoting.Transporter (plain text file, content: xxx=com.xxx.XxxTransporter)

XxxTransporter.java:

package com.xxx;
 
import org.apache.dubbo.remoting.Transporter;
 
public class XxxTransporter implements Transporter {
    public Server bind(URL url, ChannelHandler handler) throws RemotingException {
        return new XxxServer(url, handler);
    }
    public Client connect(URL url, ChannelHandler handler) throws RemotingException {
        return new XxxClient(url, handler);
    }
}

XxxServer.java:

package com.xxx;
 
import org.apache.dubbo.remoting.transport.transporter.AbstractServer;
 
public class XxxServer extends AbstractServer {
    public XxxServer(URL url, ChannelHandler handler) throws RemotingException{
        super(url, handler);
    }
    protected void doOpen() throws Throwable {
        //...
    }
    protected void doClose() throws Throwable {
        //...
    }
    public Collection<Channel> getChannels() {
        //...
    }
    public Channel getChannel(InetSocketAddress remoteAddress) {
        //...
    }
}

XxxClient.java:

package com.xxx;
 
import org.apache.dubbo.remoting.transport.transporter.AbstractClient;
 
public class XxxClient extends AbstractClient {
    public XxxServer(URL url, ChannelHandler handler) throws RemotingException{
        super(url, handler);
    }
    protected void doOpen() throws Throwable {
        //...
    }
    protected void doClose() throws Throwable {
        //...
    }
    protected void doConnect() throws Throwable {
        //...
    }
    public Channel getChannel() {
        //...
    }
}

META-INF/dubbo/org.apache.dubbo.remoting.Transporter:

xxx=com.xxx.XxxTransporter
Last modified January 2, 2023: Enhance en docs (#1798) (95a9f4f6c1c)