Play framework entry point

Question

When I send a request from my browser to Play! on localhost:9000, what object/method in PlayFramework first starts processing my request to the server?

I know PlayFramework uses netty framework to work with requests. So maybe some netty method starts the execution?

Answer 1

play.server.Server.main(...)
  new Server(...)
    bootstrap.setPipelineFactory(new HttpServerPipelineFactory());
      pipeline.addLast("handler", playHandler); [PlayHandler instance is injected to 'netty' factory ]
        messageReceived(final ChannelHandlerContext ctx, final MessageEvent e) of PlayHandler will be called-back from netty when a new http message received.