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* Opening a connection to a remote host usually tends to be a time * consuming process and may take a while to complete. One can monitor and * control the process of session initialization by means of the * {@link SessionRequest} interface. *
* There are several parameters one can use to exert a greater control over * the process of session initialization: *
* A non-null local socket address parameter can be used to bind the socket * to a specific local address. *
* An attachment object can added to the new session's context upon * initialization. This object can be used to pass an initial processing * state to the protocol handler. *
* It is often desirable to be able to react to the completion of a session
* request asynchronously without having to wait for it, blocking the
* current thread of execution. One can optionally provide an implementation
* {@link SessionRequestCallback} instance to get notified of events related
* to session requests, such as request completion, cancellation, failure or
* timeout.
*
* @param remoteAddress the socket address of the remote host.
* @param localAddress the local socket address. Can be null
,
* in which can the default local address and a random port will be used.
* @param attachment the attachment object. Can be null
.
* @param callback interface. Can be null
.
* @return session request object.
*/
SessionRequest connect(
SocketAddress remoteAddress,
SocketAddress localAddress,
Object attachment,
SessionRequestCallback callback);
}