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    /**
     * The {@link Class} which is used to create {@link Channel} instances from.
     * You either use this or {@link #channelFactory(io.netty.channel.ChannelFactory)} if your
     * {@link Channel} implementation has no no-args constructor.
     */
    public B channel(Class<? extends C> channelClass) {
        return channelFactory(new ReflectiveChannelFactory<C>(
                ObjectUtil.checkNotNull(channelClass, "channelClass")
        ));
    }

    /**
     * {@link io.netty.channel.ChannelFactory} which is used to create {@link Channel} instances from
     * when calling {@link #bind()}. This method is usually only used if {@link #channel(Class)}
     * is not working for you because of some more complex needs. If your {@link Channel} implementation
     * has a no-args constructor, its highly recommend to just use {@link #channel(Class)} to
     * simplify your code.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "deprecation" })
    public B channelFactory(io.netty.channel.ChannelFactory<? extends C> channelFactory) {
        return channelFactory((ChannelFactory<C>) channelFactory);
    }