ByteBuf buf = channel.read(); // read bytes from channel // process bytes... buf.release(); // release memory after processing
ByteBuf buf = Unpooled.buffer(); // write data to buf... channel.writeAndFlush(buf).addListener(future -> { if (future.isSuccess()) { buf.release(); // release memory after sending } else { // handle error... } });In both examples, the release() method is called to release the memory after the buffer has been processed. This method is part of the Netty library's ByteBuf class, which is in the io.netty.buffer package.