How to ByPass ProtocolCodecFilter for FileInputStream Object

[Mitchell Berg]

Hi,

I have a client/server app that sends both commands and files between the
client and the server.  The commands use a certain custom protocol (i.e. a
header added to each message sent that allows each side to identify the type
of message).  I would like to be able to send files over the
same connection.  So my thought was to 1) modify the StreamWriteFilter so
that the appropriate header is added to each message sent - meaning the
protocol is added at the modified StreamWriterFilter


FileInputStream fis = *new* FileInputStream(fileToTransfer);
WriteFuture future = ioSession.write(fis);
future.join();
and 2) to have all FileInputStream messages bypass the protocolCodecFilter.

I just cannot figure out how to bypass the protocolCodecFilter for
FileInputStream objects??

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Mitch