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Netty Server Startup: Registering with the EventLoop

Assigning the server channel to an event loop and transport selector before binding.

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This is a historical learning note and may contain outdated or incomplete understanding.

Before binding, the server channel is registered with an event loop. For NIO transports this includes selector registration/setup so readiness events can later be processed on that event-loop thread.

Registration establishes the thread-confinement relationship between channel and event loop. Operations invoked externally are commonly queued to that loop when required.

Do not depend on exact selector attachment/key internals outside source analysis.

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