MINA is a simple yet full-featured network application framework which provides:

Unified API for various transport types:
- TCP/IP & UDP/IP via Java NIO
- Serial communication (RS232) via RXTX
- In-VM pipe communication
- You can implement your own!
Filter interface as an extension point; similar to Servlet filters
Low-level and high-level API:
- Low-level: uses ByteBuffers
- High-level: uses user-defined message objects and codecs
Highly customizable thread model:
- Single thread
- One thread pool
- More than one thread pools (i.e. SEDA)
Out-of-the-box SSL · TLS · StartTLS support using Java 5 SSLEngine
Overload shielding & traffic throttling
Unit testability using mock objects
JMX managability
Stream-based I/O support via StreamIoHandler
Integration with well known containers such as PicoContainer and Spring
Smooth migration from Netty, an ancestor of Apache MINA.

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