public void messageReceived(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object o) throws Exception { if (o instanceof HttpRequest) { // DefaultHttpRequest ) { queue.add((HttpRequest) o); } else if (o instanceof LastHttpContent) { HttpRequest req = queue.remove(); req.getMethod(); req.getUri(); req.headers(); LastHttpContent content = (LastHttpContent) o; ByteBuf buf = content.content(); if (buf.readableBytes() > 0) { Gson gson = GsonFactory.createBuilder().create(); Reader in = new InputStreamReader(new ByteBufInputStream(buf), "utf-8"); Object v = gson.fromJson(in, Class.forName("com.logbook.logbook.resources.logs.LogEntryDTO")); System.out.println("v = " + v); } System.out.println( req.getMethod() + " " + req.getUri() + " -- " + buf.readableBytes() + " bytes"); HttpResponse r = new DefaultFullHttpResponse(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1, HttpResponseStatus.OK); r.headers().add("Content-Length", "0"); ctx.write(r); } else { System.out.println("o = " + o + " : " + o.getClass()); } }