//send a request
ChannelBuffer msg = ChannelBuffers.wrappedBuffer("hello".getBytes(Charset.defaultCharset()));
ChannelFuture writeFuture = clientConn.getChannel().write(msg);
//wait for the request to propagate
try {writeFuture.await(10);} catch (InterruptedException ie){};
Assert.assertTrue(writeFuture.isDone(), "write completed");
Assert.assertTrue(writeFuture.isSuccess(), "write successful");
Assert.assertNull(srvExceptionListener.getLastException(), "no server read timeout");
Assert.assertNull(clientExceptionListener.getLastException(), "no client read timeout");