when(mockLoadBalancer.selectChannel(mockOperation)).thenThrow(new ChannelLoadBalancer.NoAvailableChannelException("No channels"));

        IOException error = new IOException("Connection failed");

        // Should not throw exception even if no alternative channels
        assertDoesNotThrow(() -> failover.handleFailure(failedChannel, error));

        assertEquals(0, failedChannel.getRequestsPending());

    /**
     * Channel binding is preferred but not required
     */
    public static final int CHANNEL_BINDING_PREFERRED = 1;

    /**
     * Channel binding is required
     */
    public static final int CHANNEL_BINDING_REQUIRED = 2;

    /**
     * Default maximum number of channels per session
     */
    public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_CHANNELS = 4;

    /**

/**
 * Load balancing strategies for multi-channel connections
 */
public enum LoadBalancingStrategy {
    /**
     * Round-robin selection through available channels
     */
    ROUND_ROBIN,

    /**
     * Select the least busy channel based on pending operations
     */
    LEAST_LOADED,

    /**
     * Weighted random selection based on channel scores
     */
    WEIGHTED_RANDOM,

    /**

 */
package jcifs.ntlmssp.av;

/**
 * NTLMSSP AV pair representing channel binding information for enhanced security.
 * Used to bind NTLM authentication to specific communication channels.
 *
 * @author mbechler
 */
public class AvChannelBindings extends AvPair {

    /**
     * Constructs an AV channel bindings pair
     * @param channelBindingHash the channel binding hash value
     */

- [ ] Create channel synchronization mechanism
- [ ] Implement channel failure detection
- [ ] Add automatic channel recovery
- [ ] Create channel performance monitoring

#### 3.3 Integration Points
- Modify `SmbTransportPool` for multiple connections per session
- Update `SmbSession` for multi-channel awareness
- Enhance `SmbTransport` for channel management

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### Phase 4: Directory Leasing

import jcifs.CIFSException;

/**
 * Unit tests for Multi-Channel configuration properties
 */
class MultiChannelConfigurationTest {

    @Test
    void testDefaultMultiChannelSettings() throws CIFSException {
        PropertyConfiguration config = new PropertyConfiguration(new Properties());

        assertTrue(config.isUseMultiChannel(), "Multi-channel should be enabled by default");

    // Multi-channel configuration fields
    /**
     * Whether to use SMB3 multi-channel support for improved performance and redundancy
     */
    protected boolean useMultiChannel;
    /**
     * Maximum number of SMB3 channels to establish per session
     */
    protected int maxChannels;
    /**
     * Channel binding policy: -1=not set, 0=disabled, 1=preferred, 2=required

        assertArgumentNotNull("file", file);

        final FileInputStream is = InputStreamUtil.create(file);
        try {
            final FileChannel channel = is.getChannel();
            final long fileSize = ChannelUtil.size(channel);

            if (fileSize > maxSize) {

     */
    int getMaxChannels();

    /**
     * Channel binding policy
     *
     * Property {@code jcifs.smb.client.channelBindingPolicy} (String, default "preferred")
     * Values: "disabled", "preferred", "required"
     *
     * @return channel binding policy
     */
    int getChannelBindingPolicy();

    /**
     * Load balancing strategy for multi-channel
     *

     */
    public static byte SMB2_READFLAG_READ_UNBUFFERED = 0x1;
    /**
     * Channel type for standard read without RDMA
     */
    public static int SMB2_CHANNEL_NONE = 0x0;
    /**
     * Channel type for RDMA version 1
     */
    public static int SMB2_CHANNEL_RDMA_V1 = 0x1;
    /**
     * Channel type for RDMA version 1 with invalidate
     */
    public static int SMB2_CHANNEL_RDMA_V1_INVALIDATE = 0x2;