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    /**
     * Called once a message hit the end of the {@link ChannelPipeline} without been handled by the user
     * in {@link ChannelInboundHandler#channelRead(ChannelHandlerContext, Object)}. This method is responsible
     * to call {@link ReferenceCountUtil#release(Object)} on the given msg at some point.
     */
    protected void onUnhandledInboundMessage(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msg) {
        onUnhandledInboundMessage(msg);
        if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
            logger.debug("Discarded message pipeline : {}. Channel : {}.",
                         ctx.pipeline().names(), ctx.channel());
        }
    }

    /**
     * Called once a message hit the end of the {@link ChannelPipeline} without been handled by the user
     * in {@link ChannelInboundHandler#channelRead(ChannelHandlerContext, Object)}. This method is responsible
     * to call {@link ReferenceCountUtil#release(Object)} on the given msg at some point.
     */
    protected void onUnhandledInboundMessage(Object msg) {
        try {
            logger.debug(
                    "Discarded inbound message {} that reached at the tail of the pipeline. " +
                            "Please check your pipeline configuration.", msg);
        } finally {
            ReferenceCountUtil.release(msg);
        }
    }