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+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.client.net;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.net.SocketAddress;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.comm.channels.IChannelConnectionFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.net.exceptions.NetException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.net.protocols.muxdemux.ChannelControlBlock;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.net.protocols.muxdemux.MultiplexedConnection;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.net.protocols.muxdemux.MuxDemux;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.net.protocols.muxdemux.MuxDemuxPerformanceCounters;
+
+public class ClientNetworkManager implements IChannelConnectionFactory {
+    private static final int MAX_CONNECTION_ATTEMPTS = 5;
+
+    private final MuxDemux md;
+
+    public ClientNetworkManager(int nThreads)
+            throws IOException {
+        md = new MuxDemux(nThreads, MAX_CONNECTION_ATTEMPTS);
+    }
+
+    public void start() throws IOException {
+        md.start();
+    }
+
+    public void stop() {
+
+    }
+
+    public ChannelControlBlock connect(SocketAddress remoteAddress) throws InterruptedException, NetException {
+        MultiplexedConnection mConn = md.connect((InetSocketAddress) remoteAddress);
+        return mConn.openChannel();
+    }
+
+    public MuxDemuxPerformanceCounters getPerformanceCounters() {
+        return md.getPerformanceCounters();
+    }
+}
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