ensureInitialized();
        return new DisniMemoryRegion(buffer, access, endpoint);
    }

    /**
     * Initialize DiSNI components if not already initialized
     *
     * @throws IOException if initialization fails
     */
    private void ensureInitialized() throws IOException {
        if (!initialized) {
            try {

        ensureInitialized();
        return new DisniRdmaConnection(remote, local, endpointGroup);
    }
    
    @Override
    public RdmaMemoryRegion registerMemory(ByteBuffer buffer, 
                                          EnumSet<RdmaAccess> access) throws IOException {
        ensureInitialized();
        return new DisniMemoryRegion(buffer, access, endpoint);
    }