Raises a ReadTimeoutException when no data was read within a certain period of time.

// The connection is closed when there is no inbound traffic
// for 30 seconds.

public class MyChannelInitializer extends ChannelInitializer<Channel> {
    public void initChannel(Channel channel) {
        channel.pipeline().addLast("readTimeoutHandler", new ReadTimeoutHandler(30));
        channel.pipeline().addLast("myHandler", new MyHandler());
    }
}

// Handler should handle the ReadTimeoutException.
public class MyHandler implements ChannelHandler {
    @Override
    public void exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Throwable cause)
            throws Exception {
        if (cause instanceof ReadTimeoutException) {
            // do something
        } else {
            super.exceptionCaught(ctx, cause);
        }
    }
}

ServerBootstrap bootstrap = ...;
...
bootstrap.childHandler(new MyChannelInitializer());
...