throw ioe;
    }
    public void run() {
        Thread run_thread = Thread.currentThread();
        Exception ex0 = null;

        try {
            /* We cannot synchronize (run_thread) here or the caller's
             * thread.wait( timeout ) cannot reaquire the lock and
             * return which would render the timeout effectively useless.
             */
            doConnect();
        } catch( Exception ex ) {

        return disconnect(hard, true);
    }


    /**
     * Disconnect the transport
     * 
     * @param hard
     * @param inUse
     *            whether the caller is holding a usage reference on the transport
     * @return whether conenction was in use
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public synchronized boolean disconnect ( boolean hard, boolean inUse ) throws IOException {