/**
     * 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;

    /**

        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());

- [ ] 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

/**
 * 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
     */

      return endpoint;
    }

    @Override public Socket accept() throws IOException {
      try {
        UnixSocketChannel channel = serverSocketChannel.accept();
        return new TunnelingUnixSocket(path, channel, endpoint);
      } catch (ClosedChannelException e) {
        SocketException exception = new SocketException();
        exception.initCause(e);
        throw exception;
      }

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");

     */
    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
     *

   * <ol>
   *   <li>Use sendfile(2) or equivalent. Requires that both the input channel and the output
   *       channel have their own file descriptors. Generally this only happens when both channels
   *       are files or sockets. This performs zero copies - the bytes never enter userspace.
   *   <li>Use mmap(2) or equivalent. Requires that either the input channel or the output channel

    try {
      RandomAccessFile raf =
          closer.register(new RandomAccessFile(file, mode == MapMode.READ_ONLY ? "r" : "rw"));
      FileChannel channel = closer.register(raf.getChannel());
      return channel.map(mode, 0, size == -1 ? channel.size() : size);
    } catch (Throwable e) {
      throw closer.rethrow(e);
    } finally {
      closer.close();
    }
  }

  /**