* connection). Reading from this stream may block. Therefore it
     * may be necessary that an addition thread be used to read and
     * write to a Named Pipe.
     */

    public InputStream getNamedPipeInputStream() throws IOException {
        if( pipeIn == null ) {
            if(( pipeType & PIPE_TYPE_CALL ) == PIPE_TYPE_CALL ||
                    ( pipeType & PIPE_TYPE_TRANSACT ) == PIPE_TYPE_TRANSACT ) {